Bug#87253: wish: ssh tunneling to UNIX sockets

[Tyler 'Crackerjack' MacDonald <tyler@yi.org>]

Package: ssh
Version: 1:3.6.1p2-12
Severity: normal
Followup-For: Bug #87253

Hi,

 I would like to see ssh support tunneling to/from UNIX sockets as
well as TCP/IP sockets. I imagine something like this:

 ssh -L 3306:/var/lib/mysql.sock -N -f faraway@yi.org

 or

 ssl -L /var/tmp/yi.mysql.sock:/var/lib/mysql.sock -N -f faraway@yi.org

 On the surface it doesnt sound too hard to implement... what do you think
of the idea?

 Thanks,
  Tyler




-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.0-crackerjack
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages ssh depends on:
ii  adduser                     3.51         Add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf                     1.4.11       Debian configuration management sy
ii  dpkg                        1.10.18.1    Package maintenance system for Deb
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libpam-modules              0.76-15      Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam-runtime              0.76-15      Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g                    0.76-15      Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libssl0.9.7                 0.9.7c-5     SSL shared libraries
ii  libwrap0                    7.6-ipv6.1-3 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  zlib1g                      1:1.2.1-4    compression library - runtime

-- debconf information:
  ssh/insecure_rshd: 
  ssh/privsep_ask: true
* ssh/user_environment_tell: 
* ssh/forward_warning: 
  ssh/insecure_telnetd: 
  ssh/new_config: true
* ssh/use_old_init_script: true
* ssh/SUID_client: true
* ssh/privsep_tell: 
  ssh/ssh2_keys_merged: 
* ssh/protocol2_only: true
  ssh/encrypted_host_key_but_no_keygen: 
* ssh/run_sshd: true