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Setup socks proxy through ssh and change proxy settings on Mac OSX
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| # connect to ssh host on a specific port and open the local port (8123 in this case) | |
| ssh -D 8123 -f -C -q -N [email protected] -p 1022 | |
| # setup the socks proxy for the Wi-Fi adapter to connect to port 8123 | |
| networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxy "Wi-Fi" localhost 8123 | |
| # wait till user presses a key to revert changes | |
| read -p "Setup. Please connect. Press enter key to disconnect" | |
| # turn off socks proxy | |
| networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxystate "Wi-Fi" off | |
| # kill the ssh command | |
| kill -15 $(ps aux | grep "[s]sh -D" | awk '{ print $2}') |
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