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by georgebashi 4671 days ago
One that I frequently run into is that if you use SSH tunneling (like -L), you have to specify it the first time you ssh to that machine (i.e. when the ControlMaster is connected) and can't change it later. Using -L on later ssh's to the same machine silently fail, which can be infuriating if you don't realise it's happening. The best you can do at that point is to kill the ControlMaster ssh (disconnecting you across all your sessions), and then reconnecting with the right -L.
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croikle 4671 days ago
You can skip the master and spawn a fresh connection for your tunnel using `-o ControlPath=none`.
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croikle 4670 days ago
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-forwardi...

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