SSH port forwarding and Webmin

[Eric Toll]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-newbies at freebsd.org 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Eddie
> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 11:23 AM
> To: freebsd-newbies at freebsd.org
> Subject: SSH port forwarding and Webmin
> 
> I have webmin installed on a brand new installation of 
> FreeBSD 5.2.1. I tunnel port 10000 to my localhost and 
> connect to wemin like this:
> 
> http://127.0.0.1:10000
> 
> I always connect to webmin this way, with all *nix machines I admin. 
> This does not seem to work with FreeBSD 5.2.1. It does work 
> out of the box for other versions (4.7 and 4.8 at least) of 
> FreeBSD though. Is there some rule somewhere preventing port 
> forwarding in 5.2? Here's my netstat output:
> 
> bsd3c# netstat -nat
> Active Internet connections (including servers)
> Proto Recv-Q Send-Q  Local Address          Foreign Address   
>      (state)
> tcp4       0      0  192.168.1.19.22       69.91.145.220.46031    
> ESTABLISHED
> tcp4       0      0  127.0.0.1.25           *.*               
>      LISTEN
> tcp4       0      0  *.22                   *.*               
>      LISTEN
> tcp6       0      0  *.22                   *.*               
>      LISTEN
> tcp4       0      0  *.10000                *.*               
>      LISTEN
> udp4       0      0  *.10000                *.*                   
> udp4       0      0  *.514                  *.*                   
> udp6       0      0  *.514                  *.*  
> 
> webmin is running and listening on port 10000 as it's 
> supposed to, and I can connect to webmin on the localhost 
> with links. The sshd config file gives no indication that 
> tunneling is disabled, and it has not been modified in any way.
> 
> I would be glad to hear what anyone's thoughts are on this.
> 
> Eddie
> 

Perhaps the router/NAT device will allow you to forward 10000 to 22, and leave the FreeBSD default.
More of a workaround than a solution. Only thought I had.

(can someone help me with my question?)

Eric