The ssh line is wrong. You must change the -L part to refer to localhost,
not to server.
James "Wez" Weatherall
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From: "uvo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 10:59 AM
Subject: TightVnc/SSH Tunneling/AllowLoopback
> Hi,
>
> I have a problem with VNC and SSH tunneling setup.
>
> I want a LoopbackOnly setup for security reasons.
>
> But when I add LoopbackOnly, I can't connect anymore.
> When I connect and only have the AllowLoopback-Value set, I can
> connect fine, but (of course) everyone else can. So I think my
> basic setup is right, but something is wrong with LoopbackOnly.
>
> Some details with my setup:
>
> WinNT 4.0Sp6a, TightVNC Server installed as a service, cygwin
> sshd.
>
> Client is TightVNC under Windows2000; tunneling done with ssh
> server -L 5901:server:5900, WinVNC connect with localhost.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Ciao
>
> Ulrich.
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