This might be a dumb question, but did you start up a server before trying to connect? The reason I ask is because the only time I ever got that message is when I didn't have a server running.
Fred -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred Ma Department of Electronics Carleton University, Mackenzie Building 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1S 5B6 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ========================================================================== > Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 12:22:42 +0100 > From: Robert Parusel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: vnc via ssh port forwarding > > Hi, > > I'm trying to connect to a vncserver via ssh. To do that > i start ssh -L ... on pc9 > > pc9:/tftpboot/P2001 # ssh -L 5902:p2001:5901 p2001 > root@p2001's password: "mypassword" > > I get a prompt on p2001 > bash-2.05# > > Now I start vncviewer > > rp@pc9:~ > vncviewer localhost:2 > vncviewer: VNC server closed connection > > Now I get : > bash-2.05# channel 3: open failed: administratively prohibited: open failed > on the prompt of p2001 > > and in /var/log/messages on p2001: > Mar 12 11:47:18 192 auth.err sshd[207]: error: connect_to 192.168.18.180 port > 5901: Invalid argument > Mar 12 11:47:18 192 auth.err sshd[207]: error: connect_to p2001 port 5901: > failed. > > There is no firewall installed nor ipsec, ipchains or so. > ssh and vnc are running well as single tasks. > > Can anyone give me a hint what's going wrong! I'm searching now for a few > days without any success. > > Thank's a lot > R.Parusel > > ============================================================= > Infratec-Plus > Gesellschaft f|r innovative Datentechnik mbH > Werner-von-Siemens-Strasse 7 > 64625 Bensheim > > R.Parusel / Tel: 06251/8405-460 / mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ============================================================= --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
