SSH from work

Vindane · 05-30-2004, 03:32 PM

I'm wanting to set up DNS on my computer so I can SSH to it from work and alter files and such if need be. The only thing is is that I'd be using dial-up from my laptop. My question is this...

When I'm logged into my home computer from work, can I utilize the DSL that is running to my home computer? Like if I wanted to "swaret --update" for my home computer, could I tell it to do so, utitlizing the DSL that's running to it, all from my laptop using SSH?

jtshaw · 05-30-2004, 03:39 PM

Yes. If you are ssh'd into your home machine on DSL and you run and commands on your home machine that require internet access it will use the DSL connection. Running something on your computer through an SSH connection is no different then running it in a console while you are sitting at the machine.

Vindane · 05-30-2004, 03:49 PM

Well I must say, that rocks!

I don't have to use a service like dyndns.org if I just want to use it for that purpose do I?

deBeuk · 05-30-2004, 05:43 PM

I don't have to use a service like dyndns.org if I just want to use it for that purpose do I?

No, you can use a hostname or an ip-address to ssh to, doesn't matter as long as it's correct

If you want to keep interactive processes running without having the connection open all the time you might want to take a look at http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/.

jtshaw · 05-30-2004, 07:30 PM

well you are going to need to know the external IP of your machine in order to connect to it remotely. This means you either need dynamic dns, a static ip, or you'll have to make a note of your IP everyday and hope it doesn't change before you try and connect to it.

I have use dynamic dns services before and they are alright. I'd never run anything like a mail server with them though because sometimes people cache ips instead of domain names with there mail server software.

Vindane · 05-30-2004, 08:06 PM

Cool, thanks JT. Yeah I read most of Shilo's documentation today and he does a really good job of explaining alot of that stuff. I'm going to reboot my pc a few times and just see how many ip addresses i get and how all of that works.

When you used the dynamic DNS service, did you host a website or was it just for personal use? Right now, I think I just want it to remote log into while I'm at work. I work 24-hour shifts and they can get very long and boring.