SSH_ASKPASS + oProxyCommand sample?

[Carol]

Can anyone share an example of using SSH_ASKPASS + oProxyCommand with either sFTP, Co:Z, COZBATCH that works with going through a SOCKS 5 proxy?

[dovetail]

You will need to get a proxy command for z/OS, we have one that works with z/OS OpenSSH here:
https://dovetail.com/community/sshproxyc.html

Next, the best thing to do is to create a $HOME/.ssh/config file for the userid and add something like this to it:

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Host *.something.com
    ProxyCommand ssh-proxyc -v -p socks.proxy.myco.com:9989 %h %p
    ProxyUseFDpass yes
Host *
# continue with options that apply to all hosts....

- substitute the hostname or ip address and port of your socks proxy
- ssh-proxyc will need to be in the $PATH unless you also specify the path
- you can also put these in the sitewide /etc/ssh/config file

Then, log in to this z/OS system with an ssh shell and test it interactively:

ssh -vvv myuser@aaa.something.com

If this works, then you can use the same SSH_ASKPASS setup that you use for your other batch SFTP jobs.
We suggest using Co:Z in batch with our sample procs and scripts, which is easy to setup and maintain:

https://dovetail.com/docs/sftp/client.h ... batch_proc