- markus@cvs.openbsd.org 2010/05/16 12:55:51

     [PROTOCOL.mux clientloop.h mux.c readconf.c readconf.h ssh.1 ssh.c]
     mux support for remote forwarding with dynamic port allocation,
     use with
        LPORT=`ssh -S muxsocket -R0:localhost:25 -O forward somehost`
     feedback and ok djm@

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/ssh.1 b/ssh.1
index 34bddbcbc..2a0fd5ddd 100644
--- a/ssh.1
+++ b/ssh.1
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.304 2010/03/26 06:54:36 jmc Exp $
-.Dd $Mdocdate: March 26 2010 $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.305 2010/05/16 12:55:51 markus Exp $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: May 16 2010 $
 .Dt SSH 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -421,7 +421,9 @@ option is specified, the
 argument is interpreted and passed to the master process.
 Valid commands are:
 .Dq check
-(check that the master process is running) and
+(check that the master process is running),
+.Dq forward
+(request forwardings without command execution) and
 .Dq exit
 (request the master to exit).
 .It Fl o Ar option
@@ -557,6 +559,9 @@ argument is
 .Ql 0 ,
 the listen port will be dynamically allocated on the server and reported
 to the client at run time.
+When used together with
+.Ic -O forward
+the allocated port will be printed to the standard output.
 .It Fl S Ar ctl_path
 Specifies the location of a control socket for connection sharing,
 or the string