I tryed to autossh into another machine from my mac cli. With ssh ssh <user>@<ip-adress> I can login into that machine. But when I use autossh <user>@<ip-adress> it will only print.

usage: autossh [-V] [-M monitor_port[:echo_port]] [-f] [SSH_OPTIONS]
-M specifies monitor port. May be overridden by environment variable AUTOSSH_PORT. 0 turns monitoring loop off. Alternatively, a port for an echo service on the remote machine may be specified. (Normally port 7.)
-f run in background (autossh handles this, and does not pass it to ssh.)
-V print autossh version and exit.
Environment variables are: AUTOSSH_GATETIME - how long must an ssh session be established before we decide it really was established (in seconds). Default is 30 seconds; use of -f flag sets this to 0. AUTOSSH_LOGFILE - file to log to (default is to use the syslog facility) AUTOSSH_LOGLEVEL - level of log verbosity AUTOSSH_MAXLIFETIME - set the maximum time to live (seconds) AUTOSSH_MAXSTART - max times to restart (default is no limit) AUTOSSH_MESSAGE - message to append to echo string (max 64 bytes) AUTOSSH_PATH - path to ssh if not default AUTOSSH_PIDFILE - write pid to this file AUTOSSH_POLL - how often to check the connection (seconds) AUTOSSH_FIRST_POLL - time before first connection check (seconds) AUTOSSH_PORT - port to use for monitor connection AUTOSSH_DEBUG - turn logging to maximum verbosity and log to stderr

When I installed autossh on that other machine I can autossh into my mac.

Is there something wrong with the mac installation? I installed it via brew.

Thanks for your help.

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This solution will fix the problem.

One have to you use the monitor option autossh -M 0 <user>@<ip-adress>.

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