irb wrote:
> using OpenSSH, one might make an alias out of it -- 
> 
> alias aliasname `(ssh -L9999:workWin2k.example.net:3389 -f -N -l username workLinux.example.net)'

Great thanks, -N was what I needed, I guess I missed that in the man page ... I 
found -f _shrug_

Thanks.
Austin