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want to log in without appearing in lastlog(8)/w(1)/who(1)? ssh -T host (of course syslog still sees you). if available, ssh-copy-id(1) is an easier way of s

by dododo 16y ago

want to log in without appearing in lastlog(8)/w(1)/who(1)? ssh -T host (of course syslog still sees you). if available, ssh-copy-id(1) is an easier way of setting up passwordless ssh(1). note also that openssh supports on-demand proxying via SOCKS4/5: check out ssh -D. this makes it easy to pipe all web traffic (for example) over ssh.

sabat 16y ago
Er, yeah, -T will work, but of course you don't get an interactive shell. Works for one-off cmds or for running a shell script or something.
- dododo 16y ago
  you should try. all -T does is not allocate a tty: most shells will still work. bash/zsh/rc do for sure.
  - sabat 16y ago
    Actually, I did try it, thinking that I may have misunderstood it for all this time. But no shell for me (Centos 5.5, bash).
    - dododo 16y ago
      it won't give you a prompt: try typing something, and you'll see it works fine (unless centos have done something funny).
      - ralph 16y ago
        Have you tried ssh -T foo bash -i