Les Mikesell wrote: > I've done stupid ssh tunneling tricks like this for the same reason. > Make the ssh connection with -R:3128:your_proxy:3128 (assuming the > standard squid port). Then on the remote machine: > http_proxy=http://localhost:3128 ftp_proxy=http://localhost:3128 yum > update. Thanks for the tip. I was thinking I'd set up apache on the server and have it bind to localhost:80, then, on the clients just do something like this: ssh -N -L 80:localhost:80 serverbox & Of course, it's not tested, so I might need to do the squid proxy anyway. :) > Should work with apt too, Apt supports ssh with ssh://, so I don't need to jump through any hoops. (Well, at least I don't have to jump through any hoops to make apt happy.) pete
