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sshuttle


Information about the package, sshuttle, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The sshuttle package is designed for, Transparent Proxy VPN.


Package Name:

sshuttle

Summary:

Transparent Proxy VPN

Description:

Transparent proxy server that works as a poor man's VPN. Forwards over ssh. Doesn't require admin. Works with Linux and MacOS. Supports DNS tunneling.

Architecture:

noarch

Version:

0

Release:

7.20120810git9ce2fa0.el6

Size:

95 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

LGPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for sshuttle


Control the sshuttle package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install sshuttle

This command will install sshuttle on the server.

yum remove sshuttle

This command will un-install sshuttle on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove sshuttle, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove sshuttle

This command will un-install sshuttle 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 sshuttle when using the -y flag.

yum update sshuttle

This command will update sshuttle to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove sshuttle, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update sshuttle

This command will update sshuttle 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 sshuttle when using the -y flag.

yum info sshuttle

This command will show you core information about the sshuttle package.

yum deplist sshuttle

This command will show you the dependencies for sshuttle. 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 sshuttle

This command will check if there is an update waiting on sshuttle. 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.