25 BEST SSH COMMANDS / TRICKS

OpenSSH is a FREE version of the SSH connectivity tools that technical users of the Internet rely on. Users of telnet, rlogin, and ftp may not realize that their password is transmitted across the Internet unencrypted, but it is. OpenSSH encrypts all traffic (including passwords) to effectively eliminate eavesdropping, connection hijacking, and other attacks. Additionally, OpenSSH provides secure tunneling capabilities and several authentication methods, and supports all SSH protocol versions.

SSH is an awesome powerful tool, there are unlimited possibility when it comes to SSH, heres the top Voted SSH commands

1) COPY SSH KEYS TO USER@HOST TO ENABLE PASSWORD-LESS SSH LOGINS.

ssh-copy-id user@host

To generate the keys use the command ssh-keygen

2) START A TUNNEL FROM SOME MACHINE’S PORT 80 TO YOUR LOCAL POST 2001

ssh -N -L2001:localhost:80 somemachine

Now you can acces the website by going to http://localhost:2001/

3) OUTPUT YOUR MICROPHONE TO A REMOTE COMPUTER’S SPEAKER

dd if=/dev/dsp | ssh -c arcfour -C username@host dd of=/dev/dsp

This will output the sound from your microphone port to the ssh target computer’s speaker port. The sound quality is very bad, so you will hear a lot of hissing.

4) COMPARE A REMOTE FILE WITH A LOCAL FILE

ssh user@host cat /path/to/remotefile | diff /path/to/localfile -

Useful for checking if there are differences between local and remote files.

5) MOUNT FOLDER/FILESYSTEM THROUGH SSH

sshfs name@server:/path/to/folder /path/to/mount/point

Install SSHFS from http://fuse.sourceforge.net/sshfs.html
Will allow you to mount a folder security over a network.

6) SSH CONNECTION THROUGH HOST IN THE MIDDLE

ssh -t reachable_host ssh unreachable_host

Unreachable_host is unavailable from local network, but it’s available from reachable_host’s network. This command creates a connection to unreachable_host through “hidden” connection to reachable_host.

7) COPY YOUR SSH PUBLIC KEY ON A REMOTE MACHINE FOR PASSWORDLESS LOGIN – THE EASY WAY

ssh-copy-id username@hostname

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