On Sat, 2005-02-19 at 18:49 -0800, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > Christian wrote: > >OK, I see. "The key values are the same as for the Cygwin tunnel, so no > >repetition is needed." is wrong. The values should be repeated. > > > ># Port: 2401 (remote and local) > ># Username: tunnel > ># Remote Hostname: openoffice.org > ># Local Hostname: localhost > > Er, ok, but where do I put those values?
Please have a look at http://www.openoffice.org/scdocs/ddSSHGuide.html and http://www.cyberknights.com.au/doc/PuTTY-tunnelling-HOWTO.html between these pages you should be able to make some sense on what you are being asked to do. > > I've looked at the PuTTY Configuration pages, and I don't know where these > values are supposed to go. (I'm using PuTTY Release 0.56 btw.) I'm assuming > the pages under "Connection" are the most logical places, but the field > names don't correspond unambiguously to what you've got on the list above, > at least not to me. Maybe "Session" for some of them, like Host Name (is > that Remove Hostname?) and Port (does 2401 go there?). Help! > > On the "Tunnels" page (under SSH, under Connection), there's a place for > Source Port and radio buttons for Local, Remote and Dynamic, as well as > some other fields including Destination. I'm not sure which (if any) of > these correspond to the items in your list above, and none of the others > correspond unambiguously with fields on this or other pages. Please help! > > I'll cheerfully admit that I'm stupid. And I'm sure it's all blindingly > obvious and dead easy once you know the secret, but when writing user > documentation, writers must assume that if something can be misunderstood, > or not understood, then that will happen. > > Regards, > Jean > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Documentation Co-Lead PLEASE - keep list traffic on the list. Email sent directly to me may be ignored utterly. "Dinna meddle wi' things ye ken nuthin' aboot!" J.Herriot --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
