[lug] Fwd: Can't get port forwarding to work right.

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Hutnick <peter at fpcc.net> writes:

Peter> Maybe someone here can set me straight?

I don't know, but I can try.

Peter> I'm doing "ssh -L 80:[server]:8000 [server]" which seems right.
Peter> When I do this it gives me a root shell on the desktop/server
Peter> system.  But no junk gets busted.  I tried substituting 8001
Peter> for 8000, which, AFAIK, should break my web browsing ability on
Peter> the notebook, since there is nothing listening on
Peter> [server]:8001.

To me it sounds like your browser isn't configured to actually use
this tunnel, but instead is just going out to the net.  How is your
browser on the notebook configured?

Tom