Try it with "ssh -L 5901:localhost:5900 server" The other way, even though the server is connecting to itself, it's using its external IP address to do so. 'allowloopbackonly' only allows connections to the localhost address (127.0.0.1). Hope this helps.
-----Original Message----- From: Ulrich Voss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 11:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Strange problem with SSH tunneling Hi VNCers, I have a strange problem with a SSH tunneling setup. I use a similar setup to connect to my office PC from home, but the setup behaves somewhat strange. I want to connect two NT machines, let's call them server and client. I have setup a ssh2 tunnel via cygwin's openssh. I establish a tunnel with ssh -L 5901:server.vocalweb.de:5900 server, which works as expected. I use TightVNC 1.2.2. on both sides. The server has allowloopback and allowloopbackonly checked. When I try to connect to localhost:1 I can't connect (I can check with VNC or with telnet, no RFB prompt). so far so bad ... But now the really strange stuff: when I uncheck allowloopbackonly, the connect to localhost:1 works fine. Any ideas? Ciao Ulrich. ----------------------------------------------------------------- VoCal web publishing GmbH \ \ / /__ / ___|__ _| | [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ \ / / _ \| | / _` | | http://www.vocalweb.de \ V / (_) | |__| (_| | | Tel: (++49) 203-306-1560 \_/ \___/ \____\__,_|_| Fax: (++49) 203-306-1561 web publishing --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
