Not sure; but I substitute "localhost" where you have "computerA". I also use
the -g option, though I don't know that's relevant in the present case or not.
Using the -v option when you fire off the tunnel can be educational.
HTH,
-m
Charles Richardson wrote:
>
> Greetings
>
> I have been trying to learn how to use ssh but cannot seem to get the following
>processes to work.
>
> In trying to understand how the "-R" option works. I've tried the following:
>
> On computer A:
> $ ssh -R 2025:computerA:23 computerB
>
> Then on computer B:
> $ telnet localhost 2025
>
> expecting to be able to telnet -> 2025 on Compter B -> ssh tunnel --> ComputerA port
>23
> and get a telnet login prompt.
>
> I simply get the message: rejected by remote
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> --
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Charles Richardson, PhD
> San Francisco, CA
> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> tel: 415.566.2447
> URL: http://home.pacbell.net/crchrdsn [under construction]
> contractor says its too wet and foggy in the Sunset to work on
> it today. Hmmm ... I suspect he's working on other jobs.
--
Michael Jinks, IB // Technical Entity // Saecos Corporation
"No one speaks English and everything's broken." -- T. Waits
"Tom Waits would have made a decent sysadmin." -- M. Jinks
