autossh
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Detects when SSH connections drop and auto-reconnects.
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Installation
root # emerge --ask autosshBasic Instructions
These are available at the autossh website and its README file:
Important Tips
The "-M" option is required, even if you don't want to use the monitoring option (in which case, use "-M 0").
When using "-M"...
- Connections are tunnelled. No firewall changes needed for autossh's monitoring feature.
- Ports need to be above 1024 if you are not logging in as root.
- If you use a password prompt, then autossh will wait for your password when it reconnects, and it won't be fully connected until you give that password. So, it's helpful to use a key (instead of password) and ssh-agent.
Examples
- 1) Simple login example
user $ autossh -M 0 username@myserver- 2) More Complex Example
SSH on port 222. Setup a SOCKS proxy on port 9999. Using "ServerAliveInterval" and "ServerAliveCountMax" as recommended in the autossh README file.
user $ autossh -M 0 -p 222 -N -D 9999 -o "ServerAliveInterval 45" -o "ServerAliveCountMax 2" username@myserver- 3) Use autossh with sshfs
user $ sshfs -o reconnect,compression=yes,transform_symlinks,ServerAliveInterval=45,ServerAliveCountMax=2,ssh_command='autossh -M 0' username@server:/ /mnt/remote"
