LSHG(1)
NAME
lshg - secsh (SSH2) client
SYNOPSIS
lshg [OPTION...] HOST [COMMAND]
DESCRIPTION
CAUTION! The information in this manpage may be invalid or outdated.
For authorative information on lsh, please see it's Texinfo manual (see
the SEE ALSO section).
Connects to the the remote machine HOST through a previously established lsh gateway and perform one or more actions, i.e. command execution, various forwarding services. The default action is to start a
remote interactive shell or execute a given command on the remote
machine.
OPTIONS
- --debug
- Print huge amounts of debug information
- --log-file=File name
- Append messages to this file.
- -q, --quiet
- Suppress all warnings and diagnostic messages
- --trace
- Detailed trace
- -v, --verbose
- Verbose diagnostic messages
- --askpass=Program
- Program to use for reading passwords. Should be an absolute filename.
- -l, --user=User name
- Login as this user.
- -p, --port=Port
- Connect to this port.
- Actions:
- -B, --background
- Put process into the background. Implies -N.
- -D, --forward-socks[=port] Enable socks dynamic forwarding
- -E, --execute=command
- Execute a command on the remote machine
- -L, --forward-local-port=local-port:target-host:target-port
- -N, --nop
- No operation (suppresses the default action, which is to spawn a remote shell)
- --subsystem=subsystem-name
- Connect to given subsystem. Implies --no-pty.
- -S, --shell=command
- Spawn a remote shell
- Universal not:
- -n, --no
- Inverts the effect of the next modifier
- Modifiers that apply to port forwarding:
- -g, --remote-peers
- Allow remote access to forwarded ports
- --no-remote-peers
- Disallow remote access to forwarded ports (default).
- Modifiers that apply to remote execution:
- --detach
- Detach from terminal at session end.
- --no-detach
- Do not detach session at end, wait for all open channels (default).
- --no-pty
- Don't request a remote pty.
- --no-stderr
- Redirect stderr to /dev/null
- --no-stdin
- Redirect stdin from /dev/null
- --no-stdout
- Redirect stdout to /dev/null
- --stderr=Filename
- Redirect stderr
- --stdin=Filename
- Redirect stdin
- --stdout=Filename
- Redirect stdout
- -t, --pty
- Request a remote pty (default).
- Miscellaneous options:
- -e, --escape-char=Character
- Escape char. `none' means disable. Default is to use `~' if we have a tty, otherwise none.
- --write-pid
- Make -B write the pid of the backgrounded process to stdout.
- -G If no usable gateway is found, launch lsh instead.
- --send-debug=Message
- Send a debug message to the remote machine.
- --send-ignore=Message
- Send an ignore message to the remote machine.
- -?, --help
- Give this help list
- --usage
- Give a short usage message
- -V, --version
- Print program version
- Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.
DIAGNOSTICS
See the --verbose , --trace and --debug options.
EXAMPLES
Using the -G option, for example in LSHGFLAGS it's easy to use an
existing gateway if there is any and connect using lsh if not.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-lsh@gnu.org>.
ENVIRONMENT
LSHG_FLAGS may be used for passing additional parameters. The parsing
order is undefined.
COPYING
The lsh suite of programs is distributed under the GNU General Public
License; see the COPYING and AUTHORS files in the source distribution
for details.
AUTHOR
The lsh program suite is written mainly by Niels Mller
<nisse@lysator.liu.se>.
This man-page was written for lsh 2.0 by Pontus Freyhult
<pont_lsh@soua.net>, it is based on a template written by J.H.M. Dassen
(Ray) <jdassen@wi.LeidenUniv.nl>.
SEE ALSO
lsftp(1), lsh(1), lsh-authorize(1), lsh-export-key(1), lsh-keygen(1),
lsh-make-seed(1), lsh-upgrade(1), lsh-upgrade-key(1), lsh-writekey(1),
lshd(8), ssh-conv(1)
- The full documentation for lsh is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
the info and lsh programs are properly installed at your site, the command
- info lsh
- should give you access to the complete manual.