ey98n (ey98n) asked a question.
Unable to specify a non-standard SSH port using sft ssh --via or sft proxycommand --via
My remote devices are virtual machines that listen on port 22 for SSH to the CLI and a second port for a separate sub-system. The host server only listens on port 22. I can connect to the VM on port 22 using the --via option, but I can't find any way to specify a non-standard port. I have the standard output from 'sft ssh-config >> ~/.ssh/config' but I was unsuccessful trying to modify that file.
sft ssh --via <host> user@<vm>
sft proxycommand --via <host> user@<vm>
Hi @ey98n (ey98n) , Thank you for reaching out to the Okta Community!
I remember someone mentioning something similar in the past.
Please review the following link and see if it helps:
https://support.okta.com/help/s/question/0D54z00007oI3WzCAK/how-to-set-up-sft-ssh-for-the-client-when-the-target-server-is-only-listening-for-ssh-on-a-custom-port?language=en_US
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Hope it helps!
Hi Mihai, thanks for the response. I had already seen the linked post but it didn't help with my situation. That poster was updating the target server ASA config. I am looking for a way to specify the target server port in the 'sft ssh' command.
I don't think I can hard-code the port in my Hosts file because:
a. We have a lot of hosts and it's expanding daily
b. We need to be able to access port 22 or 2024 interchangeably
I was able to get this working using Royal TSX and adding a line to the SSH options. The full command from Terminal is below that. Both require my SOCKS proxy be connected with another SSH window/program.
-o ProxyCommand='nc -X4 -x 127.0.0.1:5100 %h %p'
ssh -o ProxyCommand='nc -X4 -x 127.0.0.1:5100 %h %p' <user>@<host> -p 2024