Fetch Softworks

SSH on Fetch (9 posts)

• Started 20 years ago by bradmagic
• Latest reply 19 years ago from Jim Matthews

• bradmagic Member

  How exactly can I connect to a site on Fetch through an SSH Tunnel?

  I have a connection running through OS X's terminal.

  I'm having the hardest time connecting to my site due to the SSH. I'm hoping that Fetch does support this.

  -Brad

  Posted 20 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  You would type a command like this to Terminal:

  ssh -L2021:hostname:21 userid@hostname

  You'd replace "hostname" with the name of the server you want to connect to, and "userid" with the name of your account on the server. You'd be prompted to enter a password.

  Then you'd go to Fetch and fill in the New Connection window like this:

  Host: localhost:2021
  User ID: your userid
  Password: your password

  Also, make sure that "Use passive mode transfers (PASV)" is checked in the Firewall section of Fetch Preferences.

  Let me know if this doesn't work for you.

  Thanks,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 20 years ago #

• bradmagic Member

  Aha, that did work! Thank you.

  This is slightly off topic: what would I write in an AppleScript that would insert the above text into the Terminal?

  This way I can open up the script and it will automatically begin the Terminal to what I need for my SSH connection.
  -Brad

  Posted 20 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  In general you can say:

  do shell script "blah blah blah"

  in AppleScript and it's the same as typing "blah blah blah" in the Terminal. Another option is to create a .command file. When you open a .command file it opens a window in Terminal and executes the contents of the file. Here's how you might create one in Terminal:

  cat > tunnel.command
  [type the command you want to have executed and return]
  [type Control-D]
  chmod 755 tunnel.command

  Thanks,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 20 years ago #

• bradmagic Member

  I am inept.

  I am unsure of the meaning: cat > tunnel.command

  I just pasted that into the Terminal with no success :)

  Many thanks.
  brad

  Posted 20 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  It's something you would type to Terminal. You'd type:

  cat > tunnel.command

  and then hit the return key. Then you'd type the ssh command, something like:

  ssh -L2021:hostname:21 userid@hostname

  and hit the return key. Then you'd hold down the control key and hit the "d" key. Finally, you'd type:

  chmod 755 tunnel.command

  and hit return.

  After all that, double-clicking tunnel.command should open a new window in Terminal and run the SSH command.

  Thanks,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 20 years ago #

• bradmagic Member

  you are too kind, thank you.

  Posted 20 years ago #

• JarredGibson Member

  Hi. I tried the whole localhost:2021 thing, and it kind of worked. But not really... I can log into the server, but then I get a "Server response: Possible PASV port theft, cannot open data connection." What gives?

  Originally posted by JimMatthews:

  You would type a command like this to Terminal:

  ssh -L2021:hostname:21 userid@hostname

  You'd replace "hostname" with the name of the server you want to connect to, and "userid" with the name of your account on the server. You'd be prompted to enter a password.

  Then you'd go to Fetch and fill in the New Connection window like this:

  Host: localhost:2021
  User ID: your userid
  Password: your password

  Also, make sure that "Use passive mode transfers (PASV)" is checked in the Firewall section of Fetch Preferences.

  Let me know if this doesn't work for you.

  Thanks,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 19 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  Apparently your server is configured to reject data connections that look like they are coming from a different computer than the one that made the original connection. Because one of Fetch's connections is tunneled and the other (data) connection isn't, they look like they are coming from separate computers. You would have to ask the server administrator to relax this restriction.

  Thanks,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 19 years ago #