Hi, I've checked that option in my configuration file, and it's set: "AllowTcpForwarding yes". I attach the complete trace, running forwarding with -v option:
debug1: Connection to port 1234 forwarding to localhost port 22 requested. debug1: fd 10 IS O_NONBLOCK debug1: fd 10 IS O_NONBLOCK debug1: channel 2: new [listen port 1234 for localhost port 22, connect from localhost port 37592] channel_open_failure: 2: reason 1: open failed debug1: channel_free: channel 2: status: The following connections are open: #1 client-session (t4 r0 i1/0 o16/0 fd 6/7) #2 listen port 1234 for localhost port 22, connect from localhost port 37592 (t3 r-1 i1/0 o16/0 fd 10/10) This is what I get when I try to telnet localhost on port 1234 once the tunnel is open. thanx a lot Greg Norris-2 wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 08:30:12AM -0800, Gonzalo wrote: >> but when I telnet to my local 1234 port, I get this error: >> >> channel_open_failure: 2: reason 1: open failed >> >> Any ideas about what it means? > > Are you sure that forwarding is allowed by the server? It can be > disabled via the "AllowTcpForwarding no" directive in > /etc/ssh/sshd_config. Not that this restriction is particularly > meaningful, as it turns out, but that's another topic. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Problems-with-ssh-tunneling-tf2732705.html#a7636525 Sent from the debian-ssh mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

