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

[Peter Hutnick]

On Tuesday 26 March 2002 03:43 pm, Tom Tromey wrote:
> >>>>> "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?

Right.  My browser is NOT configured for a proxy.  But (as I understand it) 
port 80 is pointed at port 8000 on the "server."  IOW, if I configured the 
browser for a proxy on [server]:8000 I would be bypassing the tunnel, right?

-Peter