Re: ssh reverse tunnel as a service?

[Samuel Sieb]

On 8/26/20 8:07 AM, Garry T. Williams wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 25, 2020 9:22:43 PM EDT Alex Regan wrote:
> > Hi, I have a fedora32 system behind a firewall without any access
> > from the outside. I'd like to build a reverse ssh tunnel so I can
> > get to it from my remote location while working remotely. I'm
> > familiar with how remote ssh tunnels work, but can't quite get
> > systemctl to create a proper service, presumably because ssh expects
> > to be tied to a terminal.
>
> You probably want -t:

He's running it as a service, so he doesn't want a terminal.  That will 
cause problems.  Someone already mentioned the "-n" option which 
backgrounds the ssh process, detaching it from any terminals, but still 
allows forwarding to work.