Re: [Tutor] ssh socks proxy

2012-05-17 Thread Adam Gold
Many thanks Kushal (it's always the silly things one has to look for!). The answer to your question is I don't have shell access to the proxy server, I can only access it for the purpose of setting up a socks proxy. Btw, I'm probably pushing my luck here but any idea what the same script would

Re: [Tutor] ssh socks proxy

2012-05-16 Thread kushal . kumaran+python
kushal.kumaran+pyt...@gmail.com wrote: >Adam Gold wrote: > >>I'm trying to write a 'simple' script that will set up a socks proxy >>over ssh and maintain the connection until manually terminated. It's >>not possible to use key-based authentication so a password will need >to >>be supplied. Als

Re: [Tutor] ssh socks proxy

2012-05-16 Thread kushal . kumaran+python
Adam Gold wrote: >I'm trying to write a 'simple' script that will set up a socks proxy >over ssh and maintain the connection until manually terminated. It's >not possible to use key-based authentication so a password will need to >be supplied. Also, note, the user is presented with a list of s

[Tutor] ssh socks proxy

2012-05-16 Thread Adam Gold
I'm trying to write a 'simple' script that will set up a socks proxy over ssh and maintain the connection until manually terminated. It's not possible to use key-based authentication so a password will need to be supplied. Also, note, the user is presented with a list of servers to choose fro