Open an SSH tunnel, prompting for passwords as needed — open_tunnel • PEcAn.remote

Open an SSH tunnel, prompting for passwords as needed

open_tunnel(
  remote_host,
  user = NULL,
  password = NULL,
  tunnel_dir = "~/.pecan/tunnel/",
  wait.time = 15,
  tunnel_script = "~/pecan/web/sshtunnel.sh"
)

Arguments

remote_host: name of remote server to connect to (e.g. geo.bu.edu)
user: username on remote_host
password: password on remote_host
tunnel_dir: directory to store tunnel file in, typically from settings$host
wait.time: how long to give system to connect before deleting password (seconds)
tunnel_script: Path to sshtunnel.sh script file for opening tunnel

Value

numeric giving ssh PID if configured, otherwise logical with TRUE = success