Background process for ssh port forwarding

[Micah Elliott]

On Nov 15, Jesse Rosenthal wrote:
> Whatever I do, though, I'll need to use pexpect to spawn the
> processes, since I'll need to log in to ssh servers with a password.

You might save yourself this effort by setting up ssh for
non-interactive use with keys instead of password authentication:

   $ cd ~/.ssh
   $ chmod 700 .
   $ ssh-keygen -t rsa  # just keep pressing <enter>
   $ cp id_rsa.pub authorized_keys2

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