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<p>What does your   ssh commandline look like now when you're establishing  these connections?</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Lan<br>
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                            Claude Felizardo <cafelizardo@gmail.com>;                            <br>
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                            [SGVLUG] example .ssh/config for port forwarding                            <br>
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                                        <td valign="top" style="font:inherit;">During the ssh tunneling presentation at the last meeting I mentioned<BR>that I set up quite a few forwards when I connect from work to home.<BR>Because I might open multiple connections I don't want to clutter my<BR>screen with lots of bind errors because I have already created a<BR>listener for the port so I have two aliases.  The first just does a<BR>simple connect, the other sets up a slew of forward assignments so I<BR>can access multiple devices at home.  I can then open a web browser<BR>and go to localhost:5001 to connect to my router for example.  So<BR>here's part of my .ssh/config file:<BR><BR>ForwardX11 yes<BR>ForwardAgent yes<BR>ForwardX11Trusted yes<BR><BR>Host home<BR>   Hostname my.ip.at.home<BR>   Port 5022                                    <--
 use non standard<BR>port for ssh<BR><BR>Host home-forwards<BR>   Hostname my.ip.at.home<BR>   Port 5022                                    <-- use non standard<BR>port for ssh<BR>   # forward connections to TiVos<BR>   LocalForward 5052 10.5.1.52:80    <- TiVo's have static IP's so I<BR>just add my base port number<BR>   LocalForward 5053 10.5.1.53:80<BR>   LocalForward 5054 10.5.1.54:80<BR>   # forward router<BR>   LocalForward 5001 10.5.1.1:80      <-- connect to router<BR>   # forward voice<BR>   LocalForward 5002 10.5.1.2:80<BR>   # forward wireless router<BR>   LocalForward 5004 10.5.1.4:80<BR>   # forward webmin<BR>   LocalForward 5010 localhost:10000<BR><BR>   # forward voice<BR>   LocalForward 5254 10.5.1.254:80<BR><BR># file server<BR>  
 LocalForward 5100 10.5.1.10:80                 <-- web server<BR>   LocalForward 5122 10.5.1.10:22                 <-- ssh<BR>   LocalForward 5110 10.5.1.10:10000           <-- webmin<BR><BR># hp color printer<BR>   LocalForward 5211 10.5.1.21:80<BR><BR># ReadyNAS<BR>   LocalForward 5200 10.5.1.20:80<BR>   LocalForward 5222 10.5.1.20:22<BR>   LocalForward 5243 10.5.1.20:443<BR><BR># naspro<BR>   LocalForward 5300 10.5.1.30:80<BR>   LocalForward 5322 10.5.1.30:22<BR>   LocalForward 5343 10.5.1.30:443<BR><BR><BR>As you can see this would have required a horrendously long list of<BR>-L lport:rhost:rport options.<BR><BR>Check the man page for ssh.  Make note of the difference between -L<BR>which opens ports on the local side vs -R which opens ports on the<BR>remote side.<BR><BR>I'll have to give
 the -D option a try when I get a chance.<BR><BR>Claude<BR><BR></td>
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