windows live was Re: ssh

[Michael Havens]

hey... look at that.... I got yahoo to work! can I get my windows live id to
work on empathy?

On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> So then it would be
>
>      ssh -L localhost:5050:?
>
> where would I tunnel empathy too? I mean empathy is on this machine,,,, I
> just want to make it available to everyone. Should I put an astriks  there?
>
> Then I suppose for an address to tunnel to I would put the yahoo server
> address (scsa.msg.yahoo.com). Is this right? Would it look like this:
>
>      ssh -L localhost:5050:* scsa.msg.yahoo.com
>
> I am so grateful for the help:)
>
> One further question, which file would I put this line into to make it
> available to all users? Right now there is only me but who knows in the
> future!
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Kevin Fries <kfries6 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Port = a port on your local computer to use to represent the foreign
> service.  So in your above case, the 5050 would be your local port and the
> service would be available as localhost:5050
>
>
>> Host = The machine running the service
>>
>> HospPort = port the service is running on on the remote machine.
>>
>> Example:
>> Many people before webmin added encryption would ssh tunnel to the webmin
>> instance.  Lets say you wanted to monitor a machine at 1.2.3.4 that was
>> running Webmin on its default port of 10000.  But you also ran Webmin on
>> your local machine on its default port of 10000.  Both instances were run
>> only against localhost, for security reasons.  You would pick a local port,
>> say 10001 (can not use 10000 because it is being used by the local
>> instance), then you would issue your tunnel command as such:
>>
>>  # ssh -L 10001:127.0.0.1:10000 me at 1.2.3.4
>>
>> simply stated, this command would create a ssh tunnel for username me, at
>> 1.2.3.4.  Once established, it will create a tunnel to that machine's
>> localhost instance port 10000, and tunnel it to your local machines port
>> 10001.
>>
>> Now you would be able to access webmin on your machine at localhost:10000
>> and the remote machines webmin at localhost:10001
>>
>> I assume you are trying to do something similar to this, and hopefully
>> this example will assist you.
>>
>> Kevin Fries
>> ---------------------------------------------------
>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
>>
>
>
>
> --
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>



-- 
:-)~MIKE~(-:
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/pipermail/plug-discuss/attachments/20101216/eca657f2/attachment.html>