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#!/bin/bash -xe

function print_usage {
	echo \
"
	usage: $0 PORT REMOTE_PORT user@proxy
	script that sets up a reverse ssh tunnel, and optionally starts a VNC server as well if the START_VNC environment variable is not null
	PORT is the port that your techy needs access to. In general, for graphical issues use 5900 and for command-line issues use 22
	REMOTE_PORT is the port that you'll get on the proxy server, any number over 1000 works as long as you and your techy plug in the same number
	user@proxy is just your username at the remote proxy machine
"
}

[ -n $@ ] || print_usage

PORT_TO_FORWARD=$1
REMOTE_PORT=$2
PROXY=$3

ssh -T -R $REMOTE_PORT:localhost:$PORT_TO_FORWARD $PROXY

# quick code that starts up a VNC server for us, if we like
# this won't run if START_VNC is set
[ -n $START_VNC ] || exit
DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:-:0}"
# -forever - x11vnc won't exit after the first disconnect
# -shared - allow multiple clients to share the same screen
# -localhost - only allow connections that are tunneled through localhost
x11vnc -forever -shared -localhost
Commit	Line	Data
c5bafd5b	1	#!/bin/bash -xe
	2
	3	function print_usage {
	4	echo \
	5	"
	6	usage: $0 PORT REMOTE_PORT user@proxy
	7	script that sets up a reverse ssh tunnel, and optionally starts a VNC server as well if the START_VNC environment variable is not null
	8	PORT is the port that your techy needs access to. In general, for graphical issues use 5900 and for command-line issues use 22
	9	REMOTE_PORT is the port that you'll get on the proxy server, any number over 1000 works as long as you and your techy plug in the same number
	10	user@proxy is just your username at the remote proxy machine
	11	"
	12	}
	13
	14	[ -n $@ ] \|\| print_usage
	15
	16	PORT_TO_FORWARD=$1
	17	REMOTE_PORT=$2
	18	PROXY=$3
	19
	20	ssh -T -R $REMOTE_PORT:localhost:$PORT_TO_FORWARD $PROXY
	21
	22	# quick code that starts up a VNC server for us, if we like
	23	# this won't run if START_VNC is set
	24	[ -n $START_VNC ] \|\| exit
	25	DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:-:0}"
	26	# -forever - x11vnc won't exit after the first disconnect
	27	# -shared - allow multiple clients to share the same screen
	28	# -localhost - only allow connections that are tunneled through localhost
	29	x11vnc -forever -shared -localhost