autossh.sh

#!/bin/sh
#
# Example script to start up tunnel with autossh.
#
# This script will tunnel 12345 from the remote host
# to 12345 on the local host.
#
ID=login_here
HOST=destination.host.com
if [ "X$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" = "X" ]; then
 eval `ssh-agent -s`
 ssh-add $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa
fi
AUTOSSH_POLL=600
AUTOSSH_PORT=20000
AUTOSSH_GATETIME=30
AUTOSSH_LOGFILE=$HOST.log
AUTOSSH_DEBUG=yes
AUTOSSH_PATH=/usr/bin/ssh
export AUTOSSH_POLL AUTOSSH_LOGFILE AUTOSSH_DEBUG AUTOSSH_PATH AUTOSSH_GATETIME AUTOSSH_PORT
autossh -2 -fN -M 20000 -L 12345:localhost:12345 ${ID}@${HOST}