Version 1.1.0

Forward.go

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ func forward(localConn net.Conn, config *ssh.ClientConfig) {
 	// Loop for retries:
 	for {
 
-		// Try to connect to the SSD server:
+		// Try to connect to the SSH server:
 		if sshClientConn, err := ssh.Dial(`tcp`, serverAddrString, config); err != nil {
 
 			// Failed:

Main.go

@@ -1,18 +1,33 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/ssh"
 	"runtime"
 )
 
 func main() {
 
+	// Show the current version:
+	fmt.Println(`SSHTunnel v1.1.0`)
+
 	// Allow Go to use all CPUs:
 	runtime.GOMAXPROCS(runtime.NumCPU())
 
 	// Read the configuration from the command-line args:
 	readFlags()
 
+	// Check if the password was provided:
+	for true {
+		if password == `` {
+			// Promt for the password:
+			fmt.Println(`Please provide the password for the connection:`)
+			fmt.Scanln(&password)
+		} else {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Create the SSH configuration:
 	config := &ssh.ClientConfig{
 		User: username,

ReadFlags.go

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ func readFlags() {
 	flag.StringVar(&serverAddrString, `server`, `127.0.0.1:22`, `The (remote) SSH server, e.g. 'my.host.com', 'my.host.com:22', '127.0.0.1:22', 'localhost:22'.`)
 	flag.StringVar(&localAddrString, `local`, `127.0.0.1:50000`, `The local end-point of the tunnel, e.g. '127.0.0.1:50000', 'localhost:50000'.`)
 	flag.StringVar(&remoteAddrString, `remote`, `127.0.0.1:27017`, `The remote side end-point (e.g. on the machine with the SSH server), e.g. a MongoDB (port 27017) '127.0.0.1:27017', a web server '127.0.0.1:80'`)
-	flag.StringVar(&username, `user`, `username`, `The user's name for the SSD server.`)
-	flag.StringVar(&password, `pwd`, `password`, `The user's password for the SSD server.`)
+	flag.StringVar(&username, `user`, `username`, `The user's name for the SSH server.`)
+	flag.StringVar(&password, `pwd`, ``, `The user's password for the SSH server.`)
 	flag.Parse()
 }