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Is there a way in a single SSH command to login via SSH to a remote server passing through an intermediate server? In essence, I need to create a tunnel to my "bridge server" and via the tunnel to login to the remote server.

For example, I'm trying to compress the following into a single ssh command:

1. ssh -N -L 2222:remoteserver.com:22 [email protected]
2. ssh -p 2222 remote_userid@localhost

This currently works, but I would rather be able to squeeze everything into a single command such that if I exit my ssh shell, my tunnel closes at the same time.

I have tried the following in my config but to no avail:

Host axp
  User          remote_userid
  HostName      remoteserver.com
  IdentityFile  ~/.ssh/id_rsa.eric
  ProxyCommand  ssh -W %h:%p  [email protected]

As per @jasonwryan comments and the transparent-mulithop link, I have tried running ssh -A [email protected] and from the bridgemachine running ssh [email protected], but it is not picking up my ssh key on my local machine and prompting me for my password.

I've seen a couple of links online as well as @boomshadow's answer that requires nc, but unfortunately the AIX server I'm using as my bridge machine does not have netcat installed on it.

Is there a way in a single SSH command to login via SSH to a remote server passing through an intermediate server? In essence, I need to create a tunnel to my "bridge server" and via the tunnel to login to the remote server.

For example, I'm trying to compress the following into a single ssh command:

1. ssh -N -L 2222:remoteserver.com:22 [email protected]
2. ssh -p 2222 remote_userid@localhost

This currently works, but I would rather be able to squeeze everything into a single command such that if I exit my ssh shell, my tunnel closes at the same time.

I have tried the following in my config but to no avail:

Host axp
  User          remote_userid
  HostName      remoteserver.com
  IdentityFile  ~/.ssh/id_rsa.eric
  ProxyCommand  ssh -W %h:%p  [email protected]

As per @jasonwryan comments and the transparent-mulithop link, I'm able to get the following command working:

ssh -A -t [email protected] ssh -A [email protected]

but now I would like to package that up neatly into my .ssh/config file, and not quite sure what I need to use as my ProxyCommand. I've seen a couple of links online as well as @boomshadow's answer that requires nc, but unfortunately the AIX server I'm using as my bridge machine does not have netcat installed on it.

Is there a way in a single SSH command to login via SSH to a remote server passing through an intermediate server? In essence, I need to create a tunnel to my "bridge server" and via the tunnel to login to the remote server.

For example, I'm trying to compress the following into a single ssh command:

1. ssh -N -L 2222:remoteserver.com:22 [email protected]
2. ssh -p 2222 remote_userid@localhost

This currently works, but I would rather be able to squeeze everything into a single command such that if I exit my ssh shell, my tunnel closes at the same time.

I have tried the following in my config but to no avail:

Host axp
  User          remote_userid
  HostName      remoteserver.com
  IdentityFile  ~/.ssh/id_rsa.eric
  ProxyCommand  ssh -W %h:%p  [email protected]

As per @jasonwryan comments and link, I have tried running ssh -A [email protected] and from the bridgemachine running ssh [email protected], but it is not picking up my ssh key on my local machine and prompting me for my password.

Is there a way in a single SSH command to login via SSH to a remote server passing through an intermediate server? In essence, I need to create a tunnel to my "bridge server" and via the tunnel to login to the remote server.

For example, I'm trying to compress the following into a single ssh command:

1. ssh -N -L 2222:remoteserver.com:22 [email protected]
2. ssh -p 2222 remote_userid@localhost

This currently works, but I would rather be able to squeeze everything into a single command such that if I exit my ssh shell, my tunnel closes at the same time.

I have tried the following in my config but to no avail:

Host axp
  User          remote_userid
  HostName      remoteserver.com
  IdentityFile  ~/.ssh/id_rsa.eric
  ProxyCommand  ssh -W %h:%p  [email protected]

As per @jasonwryan comments and the transparent-mulithop link, I have tried running ssh -A [email protected] and from the bridgemachine running ssh [email protected], but it is not picking up my ssh key on my local machine and prompting me for my password.

I've seen a couple of links online as well as @boomshadow's answer that requires nc, but unfortunately the AIX server I'm using as my bridge machine does not have netcat installed on it.

Is there a way in a single SSH command to login via SSH to a remote server passing through an intermediate server? In essence, I need to create a tunnel to my "bridge server" and via the tunnel to login to the remote server.

For example, I'm trying to compress the following into a single ssh command:

1. ssh -N -L 2222:remoteserver.com:22 [email protected]
2. ssh -p 2222 remote_userid@localhost

This currently works, but I would rather be able to squeeze everything into a single command such that if I exit my ssh shell, my tunnel closes at the same time.

I have tried the following in my config but to no avail:

Host axp
  User          remote_userid
  HostName      remoteserver.com
  IdentityFile  ~/.ssh/id_rsa.eric
  ProxyCommand  ssh -W %h:%p  [email protected]

As per @jasonwryan comments and link, I have tried running ssh -A [email protected] and from the bridgemachine running ssh remote_userid@remoteserver.com, but it is not picking up my ssh key on my local machine.

Is there a way in a single SSH command to login via SSH to a remote server passing through an intermediate server? In essence, I need to create a tunnel to my "bridge server" and via the tunnel to login to the remote server.

For example, I'm trying to compress the following into a single ssh command:

1. ssh -N -L 2222:remoteserver.com:22 [email protected]
2. ssh -p 2222 remote_userid@localhost

This currently works, but I would rather be able to squeeze everything into a single command such that if I exit my ssh shell, my tunnel closes at the same time.

I have tried the following in my config but to no avail:

Host axp
  User          remote_userid
  HostName      remoteserver.com
  IdentityFile  ~/.ssh/id_rsa.eric
  ProxyCommand  ssh -W %h:%p  [email protected]

As per @jasonwryan comments and link, I have tried running ssh -A [email protected] and from the bridgemachine running ssh -Aremote_userid@remoteserver.com, but it is not picking up my ssh key on my local machine and prompting me for my password.