ssh port redirection ?

[Derek D. Martin]

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At some point hitherto, plussier at mindspring.com hath spake thusly:
> >ssh pll at system-b -L 8110:pop-server:110
> >fetchmail --protocol POP3 --port 8110 localhost
> 
> Is this supposed to be a single command line, or 2 separate ones?

Two.

> 
> I would guess 2 separate ones, yet when I do:
> 
> 	ssh pll at system-b -L 8110:pop-server:110
> 
> I end up logged into system-b at a command prompt.

Yes, you do.  Unfortunately, ssh ties up a terminal whenever you do a
port redirection; i.e. you must log into the system to do this.  It's
possible for the ssh session to not run any command with the -N
option, but this still ties up a terminal (it just sits there, as if
some program were running in the foreground, producing no output --
because that's exactly what's happening).

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