In fact, even better: you can add forwarding to your existing connection. <newline>~C opens a command line, which accepts the following commands: ssh> help

In fact, even better: you can add forwarding to your existing connection. <newline>~C opens a command line, which accepts the following commands: ssh> help Commands: -L[bind_address:]port:host:hostport Request local forward -R[bind_address:]port:host:hostport Request remote forward -D[bind_address:]port Request dynamic forward -KR[bind_address:]port Cancel remote forward (If you're not familiar with them, some of the other escape sequences are useful too. ~? lists them all.) [EDIT] Apparently, if you have a recent enough version, you can add a forward to the master with `ssh -O forward ...` [1] [1] http://serverfault.com/questions/237688/adding-port-forwardings-programmatically-on-a-controlmaster-ssh-session http://serverfault.com/questions/237688/adding-port-forwardi...