On Jan 26 16:53, Jon Dixon wrote: > I have Cygwin version 1.5.18-1 installed on a Windows 2003 Server > System. My question is in regard to the SSH Local Port Forwarding > feature. I activate the ssh local port forwarding with the command > line statement: > > ssh ?L2001:server.com:23 server.com. > > At this point, an application can connect to Cygwin listening on port > 2001. However if another program is executed and also listens on > port 2001, it too will run. Is there an option available where by SSH > can open up the Local Port Forwarding listening port in exclusive mode > (i.e. SO_EXCLUSIVEADDRUSE) so no other programs can simultaneously > listen on the same port?
Unfortunately not. WinSock behaves somewhat different than one would expect in terms of port reuse. I will look into this issue at some later point, as time permits, and see if SO_EXCLUSIVEADDRUSE could help here. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
