ucf / autossh-init

autossh-init - AutoSSH init script

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File        : README.md
Maintainer  : Felix C. Stegerman <[email protected]>
Date        : 2013-11-09

Copyright   : Copyright (C) 2013  Felix C. Stegerman
Version     : 0.0.1

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Description

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autossh-init - AutoSSH init script

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Usage

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local & remote:

$ adduser --system --group --shell /bin/false \
  --home /var/lib/autossh --disabled-password autossh

local:

autossh$ ssh-keygen
# <<PUBKEY>> below is the contents of ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub here

remote:

autossh$ vim ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
# on a single line, add:
#   command="/bin/false",no-agent-forwarding,no-pty,
#   no-X11-forwarding,permitopen="host1:port1",
#   permitopen="host2:port2" <<PUBKEY>>

local:

$ cp -i autossh.init /etc/init.d/autossh
$ update-rc.d autossh defaults

$ cp -i autossh.default /etc/default/autossh
$ vim /etc/default/autossh

autossh$ ssh autossh@remote FAIL  # confirm fingerprint
# alternatively -- and less securely! -- you can disable
# StrictHostKeyChecking in the autossh_opts

$ service autossh start

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TODO

• improve output?
• tests?

License

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GPLv2 [1].

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References

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[1] GNU General Public License, version 2 --- http://www.opensource.org/licenses/GPL-2.0

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