My script to tunnel web ports when I ssh...

webssh.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import subprocess
import sys
import os
from argparse import ArgumentParser
shellcmd='xterm -e'

parser = ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument('--port', action='store', help='SSH port default 22')
parser.add_argument('--username', action='store', help='default root')
parser.add_argument('--localport', action='store', help='Where you will poing yout browser: default http://localhost:9999')
parser.add_argument('--ssllocalport', action='store', help='Where you will poing yout browser: default http://localhost:9998')
parser.add_argument('--webport', action='store', help='where apache is listening on the remote server (http) default 80')
parser.add_argument('--sslwebport', action='store', help='where apache is listening on the remote server for ssl (https) default 443')
parser.add_argument('host', nargs='?', help='hostname or IP')

arg = parser.parse_args()

username = 'root'
extport = '22'
locport = '9999'
ssllocport = '9998'
webport = '80'
sslwebport = '443'
host = arg.host

if arg.port:
	extport = arg.port

if arg.localport:
	locport = arg.localport

if arg.ssllocalport:
	ssllocport = arg.ssllocalport

if arg.webport:
	webport = arg.webport

if arg.sslwebport:
	sslwebport = arg.sslwebport
	
if arg.username:
	username = arg.username

command = "ssh -L %s:localhost:%s -L %s:localhost:%s %s@%s -p %s" % (locport,webport,ssllocport,sslwebport,username,host,extport)
os.popen("%s '%s'" % (shellcmd,command))