PCONNECT

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
ENVIRONMENT
BUGS
AUTHOR
SEE ALSO

NAME

pconnect − Proxy helper for nxssh

SYNOPSIS

pconnect [-dnhs45] [-R resolve] [-p local-port] [-H [user@]proxy-server[:port]] [-S [user@]socks-server[:port]] host port

DESCRIPTION

pconnect provides an external proxy command for nxssh.

OPTIONS

-d

Enable debug output.

-n

Connect directly without a proxy.

-h

Connect via a HTTP proxy.

-s

Connect via a SOCKS proxy.

-4

Use SOCKS4 protocol. Valid only, if using a SOCKS proxy.

-5

Use SOCKS5 protocol. Valid only, if using a SOCKS proxy.

-R resolve

Use resolve method. Valid only, if using a SOCKS proxy. Possible values for resolve are localremote and both. If an IP address is specified, that address is used as nameserver.

-p local-port

Listen on local-port instead of forwarding stdin and stdout.

-H

Specify hostname and optionally port and user for connecting to a HTTP proxy. The default for port is 80. The default for user is none.

-S

Specify hostname and optionally port and user for connecting to a SOCKS proxy. The default for port is 1080. The default for user is none.

ENVIRONMENT

HTTP_PROXY

If set, -H can be omitted.

SOCKS5_SERVER, SOCKS4_SERVER, SOCKS_SERVER

If set, -S can be omitted.

SOCKS5_RESOLVE, SOCKS4_RESOLVE, SOCKS_RESOLVE

Can be set to the same value like the -R parameter.

SOCKS5_USER, CONNECT_USER, LOGNAME, USER

The username for SOCKS5 authentication. Variables are checked in the specified sequence.

SOCKS5_PASSWORD

If set, this is used for SOCKS5 authentication.

HTTP_PROXY_USER, CONNECT_USER, LOGNAME, USER

The username for HTTP proxy authentication. Variables are checked in the specified sequence.

HTTP_PROXY_PASSWORD, CONNECT_PASSWORD

If set, this is used for HTTP proxy authentication.

SSH_ASKPASS

If set, specifies the full path to a GUI program for fetching a password from the user.

DISPLAY

Must be set on UNIX machines, in order to facilitate ssh-askpass.

BUGS

None so far.

AUTHOR

Fritz Elfert <felfert at users dot sourceforge dot net>

SEE ALSO

ssh(1)