meatviewer/client.sh

   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