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Re: start ssh port forwarding at boot time


Am Montag 16 Juni 2008 schrieb René Berber:
> Matthias Meyer wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> > $ cygrunsrv -I forward -p /usr/bin/ssh -a "-v -f -2 -N -L 
5729:localhost:5729 user@myhost.tld" -u root -w password
> > $ cygrunsrv -S forward
> > cygrunsrv: Error starting a service: StartService:  Win32 error 1069:
> > Der Dienst konnte wegen einer fehlerhaften Anmeldung nicht gestartet 
werden.
> > 
> > which means in english:
> > The service could not be started because of an incorrect registration.
> > But I'm sure. Username and password are correct.
> 
> User means Windows user, not root.
> 
> Actually there is another way to do the same, instead of running the 
> service as your Windows user (the one that has ~/.ssh/<the keys>), you 
> can pass the -i /path/to/your/home/.ssh/id_dsa (or id_rsa) to ssh.
> 
> Snippet from man ssh:
> 
>       -i identity_file
>               Selects a file from which the identity (private key) for 
 

Thanks René
This as well as:
ln -fs /home/root/.ssh/known_hosts /etc/ssh_known_hosts
Now it is running!

I will try autossh, as recommended by Andrew.

Thanks again
Matthias

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