Topic: ssh-tunnel with Mac OS X

[Oliver]

I recently used putty on my win-machine to tunnel and access the server-manager from outside.
Now I´m using a Mac OS X System and I really didn´t found out, how to use ssh on console or any other programm to tunnel me into the server-manager. Anybody did so?
Thanx

[Grub]

Open a terminal in mac OS X and type   ssh user@localhost xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx or
ssh -l user xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

[Oliver]

Thank you,
I already found out myself too
I found a much nicer program called fugu at: http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/fugu/ and it really workes very smooth and does everything like putty.

But the console is alright too:

ssh remote.hostname -L 1030:remote.hostname:980

Access the server-manager through a local browser with the URL

http://127.0.0.1:1030

1030 can be any number above 1024.

Thank you.

[ryan]

How do you guys like OS X?  I used OS 6 a long time ago.  Is it like having a super smooth linux system?  Does it run Xwindow programs in the gui?

Sorry to change the subject.

ryan

[Patrick Hickey]

OS-X is a very mature version of the Mach kernel running under BSD. How similar is any Unix to Linux? The biggest differences appear to be placement of files, and that Linux, being Open Source, far more capable of utilizing wide ranging hardware and software.

I don't find the need to run any X-based programs, they appear kludgy and most of them exhibit the famous "one button, one function" of the X interface. That's just my opinon and though I find the  OS-X GUI to be overly embellished it is as solid as a freaking rock under the hood. Solid VM subsystem.

In many ways it is a boutique Operating System, geared toward the advanced home digital market. In that sense it is clearly superior, in its proprietary way.

I am fond of it for many things and rely upon other Operatng Systems for other things.

patrick.