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 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 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@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@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~(-: