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I'm creating SOCKS 5 tunnel via ssh:

ssh -D 1337 -f -C -c blowfish -q -N user@host

I only need it for a fast and loose client connection, and then it's no longer needed.

I would like it to close after x seconds of being active automatically. I've tried postfixing sleep 10, which would potentially even stay open till a connected client disconnects, but otherwise closes after 10 seconds.

When I run this: ssh -D 1337 -f -C -c blowfish -q -N user@host sleep 10 the tunnel never closes.

I could sleep 10 in the bash script then find the process and kill it, but I was under the impression it could be simpler than that.

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You should try without -N. Maybe you meant -n, but that is implied by -f.

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