Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 10:17:47 -0400 From: Ugo Bellavance <ugob@camo-route.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sshd port forward Message-ID: <dgmhac$old$2@sea.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <432EC742.8000005@locolomo.org> References: <dgme6q$g6v$1@sea.gmane.org> <432EBDD6.3020105@locolomo.org> <dgmf1d$g6v$2@sea.gmane.org> <432EC216.5050105@locolomo.org> <dgmg1u$old$1@sea.gmane.org> <432EC742.8000005@locolomo.org>
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Erik Norgaard wrote: > Ugo Bellavance wrote: > >> Erik Norgaard wrote: >> >>> Ugo Bellavance wrote: >>> >>> >>>> I'm connecting from a windows box, using putty. >>> >>> >>> >>> Ok, this wasn't clear. >>> >>> >>>> in the SSH > Tunnels section of the connexion, there is: >>>> >>>> L80 192.168.x.x:80 >>>> L143 192.168.x.x:80 >> >> >> >> Typo: should read: L143 192.168.x.x:143 >> >> >>>> 192.168.x.x is the IP address of the server on which I connect to, and >>>> that has the dovecot server installed. >>> >>> >>> >>> Try: L1430 127.0.0.1:143 >>> >>> You should then be able to connect to your imap server by connecting to >>> port 1430 on localhost. >>> >>> When I tunnel (ok, this is FBSD2FBSD) I use: >>> >>> $ ssh -L1430:localhost:143 imap.example.com >> >> >> It does connect, prompts for a password. When I provide the right >> password, I can see that there are new message (Thunderbird), but when I >> click on a message to see it, it doesn't load the message and freezes my >> ssh session. > > > There's no surprise that you get the password prompt for the ssh > session, it's the establishing of a tunnel that goes wrong. No, I get a password prompt from Thunderbird. I use keys auth, not passwd auth with SSH on this server. So I think the tunnel is ok, but the server reacts badly on the command to read the actual message. > > Did you change 192.168.x.x to 127.0.0.1 and L143 to L1430? If not do it, > and configure thunderbird to connect to localhost:1430. > Yes I did. > If you speak IMAP you can also telnet localhost:1430 instead of > reconfiguring thunderbird every time. Ok > > Cheers, Erik > -- Ugo -> Please don't send a copy of your reply by e-mail. I read the list. -> Please avoid top-posting, long signatures and HTML, and cut the irrelevant parts in your replies.
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