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[SSH tunnels on background] #linux #macosx #sysadmin #networking
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Background tunnel (it works with -D for creating a SOCKS proxy, as well)

ssh -f -N -L 2222:localhost:22 username@serveraddr

To avoid connection timeout, install autossh (which uses the very same syntax of the standard ssh). Then:

autossh -f -N -L 2222:localhost:22 username@serveraddr
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