Question

I know you can perform actions through an SSH like this:

ssh [e-mail] 'your actions'

But I am wondering, if you have a network with other local computers on the other end of the remote connection can you perform an ssh to those computers and perform actions. Would it look like this:

ssh [e-mail] 'ssh computer_local 'your actions''

Is this possible? If so how deep can you go, can you connect to an inner network and go three deep?

Answer 1

Yes, I’ve done this. There’s no limit really. You don’t need quotes in the command. For example:

    ssh user1@host1 ssh user2@host2 ssh user3@host3 env

In order for this work, though, you need passwordless logon in the entire chain.