Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2007 17:59:42 -0700 From: Predrag Punosevac <punosevac@math.arizona.edu> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ssh forwarding question Message-ID: <46DCADFE.6070406@math.arizona.edu> In-Reply-To: <46DCADC8.9090801@math.arizona.edu> References: <200709032258.03656.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> <46DC93FD.8020701@math.arizona.edu> <200709040013.14531.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> <200709040021.35918.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> <46DCADC8.9090801@math.arizona.edu>
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Predrag Punosevac wrote: > Pollywog wrote: >> On Tuesday 04 September 2007 00:13:13 Pollywog wrote: >> >>> On Monday 03 September 2007 23:08:45 Predrag Punosevac wrote: >>> >>>> Pollywog wrote: >>>> >>>>> bind: Can't assign requested address >>>>> channel_setup_fwd_listener: cannot listen to port: 15901 >>>>> Could not request local forwarding. >>>>> >>>> It seems to me that you have a problem with a firewall. Look at >>>> your own >>>> message. It looks like port 15901 is closed for listening. >>>> >>> Here is another clue. Something seems to be wrong with the loopback: >>> >>> lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 >>> inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4 >>> inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 >>> ripple# ping localhost >>> PING localhost (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes >>> ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address >>> ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address >>> ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address >>> ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address >>> ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address >>> ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address >>> >>> I have not set up a firewall on this host, so the problem is something >>> else, perhaps the output above from ifconfig helps. >>> >> >> Yes that was the problem. I did this: >> >> ifconfig lo0 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 >> >> After that I could ping localhost and my VNC connection via SSH >> succeeded. >> Now how do I fix this problem permanently in FreeBSD, by running >> sysinstall again and setting the loopback address from there? >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > You can just edit your rc.conf file >
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