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1#!/bin/bash -xe
2
3function 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
16PORT_TO_FORWARD=$1
17REMOTE_PORT=$2
18PROXY=$3
19
20ssh -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 $START_VNC ] || exit
25DISPLAY="${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
29x11vnc -forever -shared -localhost