Package: autossh Version: 1.4a Revision: 1 Description: Restarts SSH sessions and tunnels License: BSD Maintainer: None Source: http://www.harding.motd.ca/autossh/%n-%v.tgz Source-MD5: a5497938986f0c179926f1ebba603767 ConfigureParams: --mandir='${prefix}/share/man' InstallScript: << head -n 22 autossh.c | tail -n +7 | sed 's/^ \* \?//' > LICENSE make install prefix=%i install -d -m 755 %i/share/doc/%n/examples install -c -m 644 autossh.host rscreen %i/share/doc/%n/examples << DocFiles: LICENSE README CHANGES Homepage: http://www.harding.motd.ca/autossh/ DescDetail: << autossh is a program to start an instance of ssh and monitor it, restarting it as necessary (should it die or stop passing traffic). The idea comes from rstunnel (Reliable SSH Tunnel), but was re-implemented in C. Connection monitoring is done using a loop of port forwardings. It backs off on the rate of connection attempts when experiencing rapid failures such as the connection being refused. <<