ssh tunnel and scp transffer ?

[raptor]

hi,

I'm doing something like this :

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ssh -l user -L 9999:remote-ip:8888  gateway-ip  scp -P9999 remote-user@localhost:/remote-dir/*  /local-dest/dir

When I try this I'm getting the following error :

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ssh: connect to host localhost port 9999: Connection refused

If instead of 'scp', I use f.e. 'cat -' to preserve the tunnel open and from another terminal I issue the 'scp' command everything is ok.
My interpretation is that when I call 'ssh ... scp ...' the tunnel closes imediatly after it is created and that is why following 'scp' command gives an error that it cannot connect to this port at the localhost.
The problem is that I want to do this in a script, which means it will be a headache 'cause I have to fork a process to open up the tunnel and then run the scp command and after that I have to kill this forked process...

So my question is there is an easier way to preserve the tunnel at least untul the scp command finish ??

thank you very much ...

[linuxkrn]

Just use job control...

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#!/bin/bash

ssh -N .....  &

scp ...
more stuff here

kill %1

[raptor]

still doesn't seem to work.. i.e. probably 'cause it goes to background it asks for password three times very quick w/o a chance to answer!
and no tunnel is created..

i.e.

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user@gate password:
Permission denied, please try again.
user@gate password:
Permission denied, please try again.
user@gate password:
Permission denied, please try again.

[linuxkrn]

Use ssh keys. "man ssh-agent"

[raptor]

Use ssh keys. "man ssh-agent"

In my case I could not do this, but I found a solution to the problem i.e.

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ssh -f -N ......

do the job.

But doing it this way I can't get the process id of the 'ssh', so that I can kill it ?
Is there easy way to do this, instead of tring something like this :

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ps xa | grep 'ssh -f' | cut -f 2..!!

which my not do the job in more complex scenario !?

[linuxkrn]

Besides that command being dangerous (killing the wrong process), you're not going to be able to ssh without a password or pass phrase.

Why is it you cannot use pass phrases? You can always use one without a password.

For security, you cannot pass a password to ssh via pipe or input redirect. Therefore you must use either tty input or a pass phrase to connect.

[raptor]

Why is it you cannot use pass phrases? You can always use one without a password..

because there is many accounts on many servers...different ppl.. it is a little headache..

thanx for your help..