From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 18 21:41:45 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92D6516A41B for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:41:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perlcat@alltel.net) Received: from ispmxmta06-srv.windstream.net (ispmxmta06-srv.windstream.net [166.102.165.167]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33FC813C455 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:41:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perlcat@alltel.net) Received: from ispmxaamta04-gx.windstream.net ([72.37.126.77]) by ispmxmta09-srv.windstream.net with ESMTP id <20080118212510.EPJF8692.ispmxmta09-srv.windstream.net@ispmxaamta04-gx.windstream.net> for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:25:10 -0600 Received: from ext-b14-077.omhq.uprr.com ([72.37.126.77]) by ispmxaamta04-gx.windstream.net with ESMTP id <20080118212510.TWCA7087.ispmxaamta04-gx.windstream.net@ext-b14-077.omhq.uprr.com> for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:25:10 -0600 From: perlcat Organization: dis To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:21:47 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200801181521.47956.perlcat@alltel.net> Subject: bind: Can't assign requested address using ssh (or anything else) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:41:45 -0000 Trying to access a vpn using ssh on 6.2 - STABLE. Haven't found an answer anywhere, and so I must be totally missing the right questions to ask or configurations to look at. This problem is consistent regardless of port chosen or access method. I can duplicate at will with ssh. Here's the command that fails: $ ssh -X -N -L 127.0.0.3:13390:192.168.1.44:3390 tyson@xx.xx.xx.xx tyson@xx.xx.xx.xx's password: bind: Can't assign requested address channel_setup_fwd_listener: cannot listen to port: 13390 Could not request local forwarding. I know that it can be done -- the guy next to me is working using Linux, but his answer to this issue was to edit the /etc/network/interfaces file. He figures that I didn't have one or don't have the loopback started. (his interfaces file): ~$ more /etc/network/interfaces auto lo iface lo inet loopback address 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 Here's my config info: ====================================== ifconfig output: smedley# ifconfig fwe0: flags=108802 mtu 1500 options=8 ether 02:e0:b8:02:9c:8e ch 1 dma -1 lo0: flags=8049 mtu 16384 inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 ath0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 inet 72.37.126.77 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 72.37.126.255 ether 00:13:f7:35:39:5e media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (OFDM/18Mbps) status: associated ssid UPRR_X channel 8 bssid 00:0f:90:7b:60:00 authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpowmax 36 bmiss 7 protmode CTS burst bintval 100 ====================================== rc.conf: hostname="smedley.alltel.net" ifconfig_ath0="DHCP" inetd_enable="YES" keymap="us.iso" moused_enable="YES" linux_enable="YES" sshd_enable="YES" tcp_extensions="YES" usbd_enable="YES" nfs_client_enable="YES" cupsd_enable="YES" smartd_enable="YES" ====================================== Maybe I need to get rid if the inet6 for the loopback? Thanks! Tyson