On 12 March 2012 14:31, suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 11:04, Hiisi <hi...@fedoraproject.org> wrote: >> Network setup: >> A -> B -> C >> Host A can connect to host B but not to host C directly. So, I do the >> following. First, from host C I connect to B: >> ssh -R 10002;localhost:22 user@B > > Shouldn't that ";" be a ":"? >
Yes, thanks for correcting me. >> When I need to connect to C from A first I connect to B: >> ssh user@B >> And from there I can go to C: >> ssh user@localhost -P 10002 >> This thing, as you can see, is a classical ssh tunnel. However I would >> like to use X applications on C from A, i.e. starting graphical >> applications like firefox or rdesktop. Using -X when connecting to >> each machine doesn't help. Could anybody provide me some hint on it? > > Anyway, now to your question. I think you should use the ProxyCommand > option for ssh. If A, B and C are fixed. You can put the folowing in > your ~/.ssh/config. > > # using B as proxy to C > Host C > User useronC > ProxyCommand ssh -q B nc %h 22 > > Host B > User useronB > > > This will let you do the following: > > $ ssh -X B > $ ssh -X C > I don't have .ssh/config. Should I just create it? > -- > Suvayu > > Open source is the future. It sets us free. > -- Thanks for your help. -- Hiisi. Registered Linux User #487982. Be counted at: http://counter.li.org/ -- Spandex is a privilege, not a right. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
