Then, you can set up a saved session with the tunnels, and use an option in recent versions of PuTTY under "Connection -> SSH" labelled "Don't start a shell or command at all" to start an ssh ...

How to use PuTTY to actually edit a file depends on the operating system that the server you are connecting to uses. If you are connecting to an Ubuntu server, or another Debian-based server, type ...

OK, so we said you don't have to be a Unix geek to pull this one off. If you use OS X on a Mac, check out SSH Tunnel Manager. It's a free utility built to create SSH tunnels on demand. Download ...