Actually it is pretty simple to do from the command line:
ssh -R (port on remote host):(hostname):(port on localhost) e.g.
ssh -R 99999:localhost:23
will create a tunnel from port 99999 on the remote machine to port
23(telnet) on my machine.
On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Rusty Carruth wrote:
> Asheesh Laroia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I need to setup an SSH tunnel that listens on a port, that redirects all
> > data to 192.168.0.2:5901 (decrypted at this point).
> >
> > localhost is a Linux-Mandrake server with SSH installed.
> >
> > 192.168.0.2 is a Win98 machine.
> >
> > I have tried to configure SSH to forward the port, but to no avail.
> >
> > What command-line options do I use?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
>
> well, its not a command line. You need to set up your ~/.ssh/config
> (or perhaps ~/.ssh2/config), and add something like this:
>
> host thatHost
> LocalForward <theport> anotherhost:<possibly_another_port>
>
>
> for example, to forward nntp from localhost to news.inficad.com when
> you are ssh'd from localhost to user?.inficad.com, you'd say:
>
> host user?.inficad.com
> LocalForward 119 news.inficad.com:119
>
>
> I believe this is covered in man ssh? (brings up window, does
> man ssh, scrolls down a bit - Oh, look, a command line option!
> Whaddaya know - one always can learn something new by reading
> the man page,eh? ;-)
>
> ssh -R port:host:hostport
>
> I'll let you go read the man page for details...
>
> rc
>
>
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