automatic connection to any serever

**nene** · 10-29-2005

hi boys, I want to connect to a server with this command:

ssh -L 8119:news.cs.unibo.it:119 emisurac@dotto.cs.unibo.it

when I start Mozilla Thunderbird. How do it??
thanks

**dylunio** · 10-29-2005

erm, you could create a script like this one:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

# Connect to server, and if succesful start thunderbird
ssh -L 8119&#58;news.cs.unibo.it&#58;119 emisurac@dotto.cs.unibo.it && thunderbird

(note: you might have to change the command to start thunderbird to one that works on your system).

Then run the script when you want to start thunderbird, and it'll firstly try and connect to the server, and then if that's succesful it'll start thunderbird.

**nene** · 10-29-2005

thank for help, but I dont know where I must put the script, which you write. Moreover I must to put a password.

**dylunio** · 10-29-2005

okay, write the script, call it e.g. ctt save it in /bin and then make in executable with

Code:

chmod +x /bin/ctt

and then, whun you want to run thunderbird, open up a terminal and type

Code:

ctt

and it should prompt for a password and then open thunderbird.

If you have any problems with the script, come back and i'll try and fix them, since I'm not 100% sure it'll work.

**nene** · 10-29-2005

sorry but I have a problem:

I start the command ctt and it connect to server news.cs.unibo.it after I put the password, but dont open thunderbird, start it only when I close the connection at news.cs.unibo.it.

**dylunio** · 10-29-2005

okay, then try this as the script, it should work, though it does open thunderbird before you shh....

Code:

#!/bin/bash

thunderbird &
ssh -L 8119&#58;news.cs.unibo.it&#58;119 emisurac@dotto.cs.unibo.it

let's hope that that works.

**nene** · 10-29-2005

I already tryed but strat thunderbird but non start connection

**nene** · 10-29-2005

I think if I can edit the exucutable file of thunderbird and put on this the all connection information.
But I don't it.

**dylunio** · 10-29-2005

I'm thinking that I've got the wrong end of the stick here.

What is it that you want to do?

a) Connect to a mailserver via the ssh -L stuff in Thunderbird

b) ssh -L into a server before you start thunderbird/every time you use thunderbird

c) another.

**nene** · 10-30-2005

b) ssh -L into a server before you start thunderbird/every time you use thunderbird

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