[SOLVED]: OT: port forwarding with ssh

[Mike Wright]

On 03/23/2016 12:43 PM, Tom Rivers wrote:
> On 3/23/2016 3:10 PM, Mike Wright wrote:
>> usage: ssh -L [bind_address:]port:host:hostport]
>>
>> Here's what I'm trying:
>>
>> sudo ssh -L lo.cal.ip.adx:11110:rem.ote.ip.adx:110
>
>
> I successfully use the following to tunnel VNC over SSH so I can
> securely connect to a remote server at a hosting facility using VNC:
>
> ssh -f -L 25901:127.0.0.1:5901 user at remotehost sleep 10; vncviewer
> 127.0.0.1:25901:1
   ^^^^^^^^^
That was the clue.  I had tbird setup to connect to remote 11110. 
Correcting to lo 11110 got me my mail.

Thanks to everybody who helped (knew it needed new eyes),
Mike Wright

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