NT Server, ME client, ssh tunnel with Putty (was: Win2000 VNC server over SSH0

[Victor Churchill]

I have the same kind of issues as Damon below, but in a different context.

On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 11:13:24AM -0500, Timothy J. Warren wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 20:40, Damon McMahon wrote:
> > My configuration: Windows 2000 Professional SP3 with RealVNC 3.3.5 and 
> > NetworkSimplity OpenSSH 3.4p1, both installed as services.

Mine: 

NT VNC server, RealVNC 3.3.5, sshd v1.0.2 from 
http://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SSHD-NT/default.php
(Also have vncserver 3.3.4 on RH7.1 linux test box)

Client Windows ME, Putty ssh client 0.53b (www.chiark.greenend.org.uk) ,
RealVNC 3.3.5 client

> > VNC server runs successfully when viewed over a direct ethernet connection 

same here

> > SSH server runs successfully when a simply login connection is established 
> > using:
> > 
> > ssh <Win2Khost>

Similar, can ssh to the NT box with PuTTY from the ME.

> > However, I cannot get port forwarding to work with sshd<->vncserver. I run:

Being on ME I don't have the commandline ssh. Putty has a dialog for
port forwarding setup, where I ask for the equivalent 
L 5901:localhost:5900 to try and set up to the NT box, or 
L 5902:localhost:5901 to try to tunnel to the Linux box.

Just once or twice I have seen successful 'forwarding from port 5902
to localhost:5901' (or ..1 to ..0) messages in the putty Event log. On
those occasions VNC worked. Then afer exit, do exactly the same ssh
tunnel setup and no port forwarding is set up.

I appreciate that this is more a PuTTY problem than a VNC one - but
has anyone else experienced it?

Alternatively I wonder if I might be better off finding a way to run
ssh direct from a commandline on the ME box - is there a good source
for that somewhere?

Thanks in advance,


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Victor Churchill, Bournemouth, UK
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