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From: Aditya <aditya@grot.org>
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Subject: Re: ssh port forwarding changed under 5-CURRENT vs. STABLE?
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On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 03:29:21PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 01:43:43PM -0800, Aditya wrote:
> 
> >   debug1: Connections to local port 8000 forwarded to remote address
> >   www.freebsd.org:80
> >   debug1: Local forwarding listening on 127.0.0.1 port 8000.
> >   bind: Can't assign requested address
> >   channel_setup_fwd_listener: cannot listen to port: 8000
> >   Could not request local forwarding.
> > 
> > and I can't see any reason why the binding would fail:
> 
> Is something else (e.g. another ssh session) already bound to that port?

nope -- and I've tried all sorts of ports other than 8000 too:

  hilbert[ttyp1]:aditya~> netstat -an | grep -i LIST
  hilbert[ttyp1]:aditya~> 
  hilbert[ttyp1]:aditya~> sockstat -4
  USER     COMMAND    PID   FD PROTO  LOCAL ADDRESS         FOREIGN ADDRESS      
  aditya   ssh        1289  3  tcp4   66.117.144.206:54376  66.117.144.211:22
  root     dhclient   1287  5  udp4   *:68                  *:*

Adi