ssh tunnel problems

[Kevin Martin]

Rick Bilonick wrote:
> I'm using Fedora 8 on a server behind a firewall (with incoming ssh
> blocked) and my computer at home.
>
> I did the following on the server:
>
>   
>> ssh -R 5000:localhost:22 me at home
>>     
>
> which connected to my home computer after I entered the password. (I
> could list files, etc.) I also set up /etc/ssh/sshd_config on the server
> to keep the connection open.
>
> At home I entered (using the password for user=server on the server):
>
>   
>> ssh server at localhost -p 5000
>>     
> ssh: connect to host localhost port 5000: Connection refused
>
> I've tried adding:
>
> sshd : ALL : allow
> portmap : ALL : allow
>
> to /etc/hosts.allow but still get the same message. I have no idea why
> I'm not able to connect to the server through the ssh connection. I can
> ssh out from the home computer to other servers with port 22 not
> blocked.
>
> Rick B.
>
>   
Rick,

On your home machine, does a netstat -an | grep 5000 show you a 
listening port?  When do you get if you add the -v flag to your 
connection attempt from your home computer?

FWIW, your use of localhost on both the server side and the home side 
makes this a very confusing read.

Kevin
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