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Date:      Sat, 8 Nov 2003 23:01:58 +0000
From:      David Taylor <davidt@yadt.co.uk>
To:        Aditya <aditya@grot.org>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ssh port forwarding changed under 5-CURRENT vs. STABLE?
Message-ID:  <20031108230158.GA6493@gattaca.yadt.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <20031106233148.GA92638@mighty.grot.org>
References:  <20031106214343.GA91634@mighty.grot.org> <20031106232921.GB9791@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20031106233148.GA92638@mighty.grot.org>

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On Thu, 06 Nov 2003, Aditya wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 03:29:21PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 01:43:43PM -0800, Aditya wrote:
> > 
> > >   debug1: Connections to local port 8000 forwarded to remote address
> > >   www.freebsd.org:80
> > >   debug1: Local forwarding listening on 127.0.0.1 port 8000.
> > >   bind: Can't assign requested address
> > >   channel_setup_fwd_listener: cannot listen to port: 8000
> > >   Could not request local forwarding.
> > > 
> > > and I can't see any reason why the binding would fail:
> > 
> > Is something else (e.g. another ssh session) already bound to that port?
> 
> nope -- and I've tried all sorts of ports other than 8000 too:

(I'm assuming you do have a lo0 device with 127.0.0.1)

Have you tried binding it to the address on the interface which
your host will send packets to the remote host over?

-- 
David Taylor
davidt@yadt.co.uk
"The future just ain't what it used to be"



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