Open one SSH/VNC connection, but not another

[Jaanus Kõusaar]

On 1 Feb 2004 at 11:15, William Hooper wrote: 

> Jaanus Kuusaar said: 
> >> Then you are not testing the tunnel.  What do you get when you try to 
> >> "telnet localhost 5902" from the SSH client? 
> > After having logged into the linux machine with Putty, and starting the 
> > VNCserver, the result is as follows: jaanus "at" linux:~> telnet localhost 
> > 5901 
>  
> Let me try again.  You are not testing the tunnel.  What do you get when 
> you try to "telnet localhost 5902" from the SSH *client*?  In this case 
> the *client* would be the machine running Putty, not "linux". 

OK, on the command prompt I try telnet telnet localhost 5901, the telnet window  
pops up, then the messagebox: Connection to host lost. So it seems the tunnel is  
working. 

Jaanus