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I want to automate this SSH tunneling command on OS X. 

ssh -D port account@server

The shell will prompt you to enter the password.

Is it possible to automate it with something like The Automator? any solution is welcomed.

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What part do you want automated? The whole thing end to end, or do you just not want to be prompted for your password? – Nathan Powell Jul 21 '11 at 0:58
The whole thing. I'm looking for automation that supply the password by itself (yes hard coded). – Chiron Jul 21 '11 at 1:19
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The best way to automatically create an SSH tunnel is to set up a public/private key pair - that way you can authenticate without a password.

There are some good instructions here. It even gives an example of using the SSH connection in a Perl script - although you can use a Bash script or Automator's "Run shell script" action if you'd rather. You can ignore most of the parameters to ssh-keygen - it'll prompt you for those that are required.

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