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NAME

       lshg - secsh (SSH2) client

SYNOPSIS

       lshg [OPTION...] HOST [COMMAND]

DESCRIPTION

       CAUTION!  The  information  in this manpage may be invalid or outdated.
       For authorative information on lsh, please see it's Texinfo manual (see
       the SEE ALSO section).

       Connects   to   the  the  remote  machine  HOST  through  a  previously
       established lsh gateway and perform one or more actions, i.e.   command
       execution,  various forwarding services. The default action is to start
       a remote interactive shell or execute a given  command  on  the  remote
       machine.

OPTIONS

       --debug
              Print huge amounts of debug information

       --log-file=File name
              Append messages to this file.

       -q, --quiet
              Suppress all warnings and diagnostic messages

       --trace
              Detailed trace

       -v, --verbose
              Verbose diagnostic messages

       --askpass=Program
              Program  to  use  for  reading  passwords. Should be an absolute
              filename.

       -l, --user=User name
              Login as this user.

       -p, --port=Port
              Connect to this port.

       Actions:

       -B, --background
              Put process into the background. Implies -N.

       -D, --forward-socks[=port] Enable socks dynamic forwarding

       -E, --execute=command
              Execute a command on the remote machine

       -L, --forward-local-port=local-port:target-host:target-port

       -N, --nop
              No operation (suppresses the default action, which is to spawn a
              remote shell)

       --subsystem=subsystem-name
              Connect to given subsystem. Implies --no-pty.

       -S, --shell=command
              Spawn a remote shell

       Universal not:

       -n, --no
              Inverts the effect of the next modifier

       Modifiers that apply to port forwarding:

       -g, --remote-peers
              Allow remote access to forwarded ports

       --no-remote-peers
              Disallow remote access to forwarded ports (default).

       Modifiers that apply to remote execution:

       --detach
              Detach from terminal at session end.

       --no-detach
              Do  not  detach  session  at  end,  wait  for  all open channels
              (default).

       --no-pty
              Don't request a remote pty.

       --no-stderr
              Redirect stderr to /dev/null

       --no-stdin
              Redirect stdin from /dev/null

       --no-stdout
              Redirect stdout to /dev/null

       --stderr=Filename
              Redirect stderr

       --stdin=Filename
              Redirect stdin

       --stdout=Filename
              Redirect stdout

       -t, --pty
              Request a remote pty (default).

       Miscellaneous options:

       -e, --escape-char=Character
              Escape char. `none' means disable. Default is to use `~'  if  we
              have a tty, otherwise none.

       --write-pid
              Make -B write the pid of the backgrounded process to stdout.

       -G     If no usable gateway is found, launch lsh instead.

       --send-debug=Message
              Send a debug message to the remote machine.

       --send-ignore=Message
              Send an ignore message to the remote machine.

       -?, --help
              Give this help list

       --usage
              Give a short usage message

       -V, --version
              Print program version

       Mandatory  or  optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or
       optional for any corresponding short options.

DIAGNOSTICS

       See the --verbose , --trace and --debug options.

EXAMPLES

       Using the -G option, for example in  LSHGFLAGS  it's  easy  to  use  an
       existing gateway if there is any and connect using lsh if not.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-lsh@gnu.org>.

ENVIRONMENT

       LSHG_FLAGS  may  be used for passing additional parameters. The parsing
       order is undefined.

COPYING

       The lsh suite of programs is distributed under the GNU  General  Public
       License;  see  the COPYING and AUTHORS files in the source distribution
       for details.

AUTHOR

       The  lsh  program   suite   is   written   mainly   by   Niels   Moller
       <nisse@lysator.liu.se>.

       This   man-page   was   written   for   lsh   2.0  by  Pontus  Freyhult
       <pont_lsh@soua.net>, it is based on a template written by J.H.M. Dassen
       (Ray) <jdassen@wi.LeidenUniv.nl>.

SEE ALSO

       lsftp(1),  lsh(1),  lsh-authorize(1), lsh-export-key(1), lsh-keygen(1),
       lsh-make-seed(1), lsh-upgrade(1), lsh-upgrade-key(1),  lsh-writekey(1),
       lshd(8), ssh-conv(1)

       The  full  documentation for lsh is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
       the info and lsh programs are properly  installed  at  your  site,  the
       command

              info lsh

       should give you access to the complete manual.