wiki:desktop_shortcut_to_open_ssh_tunnel_and_then_open_firefox_tab
Desktop shortcut to open SSH tunnel and then open Firefox tab
Example of forwarding local port 8181 to server's 8181 and accessing that via browser.
[Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Type=Application Name=wiki Comment= Exec=bash -c "ssh -fNT -L 8181:localhost:8181 <server>; firefox http://localhost:8181" Icon= Path= Terminal=false StartupNotify=false
This will go into background and you will need to use ps
find the pid and kill the tunnel.
References
wiki/desktop_shortcut_to_open_ssh_tunnel_and_then_open_firefox_tab.txt · Last modified: 2021/07/07 09:53 by antisa