OpenSSH Tips and Tricks: Beyond Secure Shell

OpenSSH is one of the most vital tools on any Linux system, at least if you ever need to connect to another Linux system. But OpenSSH is capable of doing much more than just providing a secure shell into another system.

Most Linux users already know the bare basics of using OpenSSH. You use ssh to get a secure shell into a remote system, sftp for Secure FTP, and scp for copying files. All well and good.

But OpenSSH can do quite a bit more than many users realize. Let's take a look at some of the things you can do with OpenSSH and associated tools.

X Forwarding

The -X option is very useful if you're in a Linux environment and need to run a GUI app from another machine but display it locally. I know many Linux users are familiar with this one, but I'd be remiss not to mention it at all.

Let's say, for example, that you're on your laptop in a meeting but need to pull up a few notes from Tomboy that are on your PC. You should be syncing them, but haven't gotten around to it yet. No worries, you have ssh -X:

ssh -X user@host

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