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Just set <tt>ControlPath</tt> to something like <tt>~/.tmp/ssh/%r-%l-%h-%p</tt> (make sure the directory exists!), and <tt>ControlMaster</tt> to <tt>auto</tt> or <tt>autoask</tt>. Display and agent forwardings will be available to all multiplexed connections, but (at least as of 5.2) it is impossible to forward multiple displays or agents. The [http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/SSH_connection_caching GCC Wiki] recommend creating a master ssh connection, ala persistent port forwardings, via an early <tt>ssh -fMN</tt>. | Just set <tt>ControlPath</tt> to something like <tt>~/.tmp/ssh/%r-%l-%h-%p</tt> (make sure the directory exists!), and <tt>ControlMaster</tt> to <tt>auto</tt> or <tt>autoask</tt>. Display and agent forwardings will be available to all multiplexed connections, but (at least as of 5.2) it is impossible to forward multiple displays or agents. The [http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/SSH_connection_caching GCC Wiki] recommend creating a master ssh connection, ala persistent port forwardings, via an early <tt>ssh -fMN</tt>. Note that the master connection will not, by default, exit until any connections multiplexed atop it have disconnected. | ||
If the master connection goes bad for some reason, all multiplexed connections tend to suffer similarly (as one would expect). | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
* [http://www.openssh.com/ OpenSSH] home page | * [http://www.openssh.com/ OpenSSH] home page | ||
* [http://www.monkey.org/~provos/scanssh/ ScanSSH] home page | * [http://www.monkey.org/~provos/scanssh/ ScanSSH] home page | ||