Information about the package, autossh, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The autossh package is designed for, Utility to autorestart SSH tunnels.
Package Name:
autossh
Summary:
Utility to autorestart SSH tunnels
Description:
autossh is a utility to start and monitor an ssh tunnel. If the tunnel dies or stops passing traffic, autossh will automatically restart it.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.4c
Release:
2.el6
Size:
26 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the autossh package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install autossh
This command will install autossh on the server.
yum remove autossh
This command will un-install autossh on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove autossh, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove autossh
This command will un-install autossh on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove autossh when using the -y flag.
yum update autossh
This command will update autossh to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove autossh, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update autossh
This command will update autossh to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove autossh when using the -y flag.
yum info autossh
This command will show you core information about the autossh package.
yum deplist autossh
This command will show you the dependencies for autossh. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update autossh
This command will check if there is an update waiting on autossh. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.