On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 3:06 PM Mike via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
<snip> However, I have what may be an easier solution, one that I should already have thought of: If you still have working SSH-based shell access to a different host, you should be able to SSH FROM THERE to your dreamhost system.
That is, SSH to your other shell account, and instead of running your email program, run "ssh user@eugene...", and once connected to eugene, proceed as though you were connected directly.
Such plumbing is often necessary for a variety of reasons. Just make sure you know where you are. The commands "whoami", and "hostname" are often useful! <snip>
This is a great recommendation and can be easily automated. In your personal ssh config, usually ~/.ssh/config you can add in: Host *.dreamhost.com ProxyCommand ssh -q shellworld_host nc %h %p With this in place, you'll be able to just type 'ssh yourhost.dreamhost.com' and you'll bounce through shellworld_host (substitiute your actual shellworld host account) to make it mostly seamless. -jason