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I can't seem to find a close enough example but here it goes.

I'm trying to in the end setup rsync from one server to another through an ssh tunnel. Local (my machine) will run the rsync to pull files from a remote server through the ssh tunnel.

I can connect with this command:

$ ssh -L 1522:localhost:middlemanip:1521 user@server

My rsync attempts led me to try this:

$ rsync -avz -e "ssh localhost:1522:middlemanip:1521 ssh" \
    user@server:/source /dest/

But this doesn't seem to work. I moved to autossh where I attempted this:

$ autossh -M 1522 -q -f -N -o "ServerAliveInterval 60" \
    -o "ServerAliveCountMax 3" -L localhost:middlemanip:1521 user@server

No luck so far, but there may be a better way to do this then what I have laid out?

slm
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Douglas
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  • Take a look at the methods I describe here: Is it possible to have multiple SSH host aliases? – slm Oct 21 '14 at 15:31
  • Yeah that doesn't really help. Thats the same info that's out there. I'm looking for someone who setup a persistent tunnel to rsync over. – Douglas Oct 21 '14 at 16:02
  • Those can be used when you invoke your rsync -e "....". I use autossh for a persistent tunnel to my IMAP and SMTP servers at home when travelling via my laptop, from what you've described you do not need persistence, only a proxy connection for the duration of the rsync. – slm Oct 21 '14 at 16:04

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I have found this link on SSH ProxyCommand to be a very useful way to enable SSH proxies. It lets you go from Server --to-->proxy---to-->destination very easily and transparently!

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