[GTALUG] dreamhost reply, is dh key exchange question.

[Karen Lewellen]

Hi Jason,
I am guessing  that  you did not follow the start of our informative 
discussion   here.
i have no personal ssh.config because I cannot run Linux directly as a 
computer  system due to my individual accessibility needs.
I run the programs with which Mike profoundly helped me troubleshoot from 
my DOS desktop, 
reaching  a company where I have a shell account of my own, who is using 
an alternative
  port from 22 and who still incorporates the   factors Mike discovered for 
my  user logging in.
further as i just shared this does not give me direct access as I cannot 
download or upload items to my dreamhost work space from another shell.
The dreamhost shell, while far less detailed than my personal shared 
account  at shellworld,   contains e-mail programs, browsers, text editors 
file conversion tools and the like , comparative to I guess? the Ubuntu 
command line, although I am not firm on what Ubuntu is like first hand.
Regardless for my professional needs,  I must reach a comparative setup 
from  my desktop to get tings done.

Thanks, Karen

  On Wed, 10 Oct 2018, Jason Shaw wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 3:06 PM Mike via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
>
>> <snip>
>> However, I have what may be an easier solution, one that I should
>> already have thought of:  If you still have working SSH-based shell
>> access to a different host, you should be able to SSH FROM THERE to
>> your dreamhost system.
>>
>> That is, SSH to your other shell account, and instead of running your
>> email program, run "ssh user at eugene...", and once connected to eugene,
>> proceed as though you were connected directly.
>>
>> Such plumbing is often necessary for a variety of reasons.  Just make
>> sure you know where you are.  The commands "whoami", and "hostname"
>> are often useful!
>> <snip>
>>
>
> This is a great recommendation and can be easily automated.  In your
> personal ssh config, usually ~/.ssh/config you can add in:
>
> Host *.dreamhost.com
>        ProxyCommand ssh -q shellworld_host nc %h %p
>
> With this in place, you'll be able to just type 'ssh yourhost.dreamhost.com'
> and you'll bounce through shellworld_host (substitiute your actual
> shellworld host account) to make it mostly seamless.
>
> -jason
>