Hi all, > I placed the following in my ~/.ssh/config: Host login HostName login.nets.rwth-aachen.de User biurrun > Now I can just type 'ssh passion' instead of doing a two-step ssh login. > > If somebody thinks this is old and stupid and has a better solution, I'm > all ears... Some suggested additions: Host passion HostName passion.nets.rwth-aachen.de ForwardAgent yes ProxyCommand ssh login ./bin/nc -w 20 %h %p 2> /dev/null User biurrun * "2> /dev/null" hides the error messages on connection shut down (That's only within the Proxy Command, your normal ssh output is unaffected) * "-w 20" sets a timeout in seconds. If a connection is unused for extended periods of time, the connection shuts down. This can be useful if the host (login in this case) does not properly detect disconnections. (login in this case does, so it's not necessary) * To make the above truly useful, you should also use ssh keys :-) * Let long running processes run in a "screen" -> man screen (I'm sure Diego does that already) * Port forwarding in ssh is a great tool to get access to /internal only/ applications (mail server/access to ieee digital library/...) if you cannot use VPN for some reason (e.g. silly internet provider settings in Belgium). Cheers! Jó -- This is the main pisa mailing list. Please also subscribe to the pisa-dev list at: //www.freelists.org/list/pisa-src