On Monday 05 May 2003 10:43, Ben Winslow wrote: > > I added the following menu entry > > > > + "QQQ: forward inka ports" Exec ssh -N -L1119:news.inka.de:119 > > -L1125:mail.inka.de:25 -L1110:mail.inka.de:110 inka > > > > However, when clicking on "QQQ: forward inka ports" the ssh deamon starts > > but terminates immediately afterwards. When I start the above ssh command > > from a terminal everything works fine. I already tried using the "-n" > > option but this doesn't work for port forwarding (then ssh terminates > > immediately, even when started from a terminal). > > > Well, -n is what you need, and when using -N ssh doesn't terminate for > me so long as the remote host is running ssh protocol version 2 (which > is required for -N to work.) If the remote host is only running > protocol 1 and you don't have the power to upgrade the daemon on the > remote host (which would be the ideal solution), you'll have to give ssh > a command to run--either sleep with a long timeout, or a small program > that simply sits around and does nothing until terminated.
Well, the remote server is running "sshd version 1.2.32 [i686-unknown-linux]" and I don't have the power to make an upgrade. So, I'll have to go with sleep. Thanks for clearing that up! Felix -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
