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Cannot forward port 5901

Hi, I'm trying to open a vnc session using ssh. I've started the vncserver on the remote machine. I then run the command:

Code:

ssh user@xx.xxx.xx.xxx -L 5901:localhost:5905

But then I get this...

Code:

bind: Address already in use

channel_setup_fwd_listener: cannot listen to port: 5901

Could not request local forwarding.

Last login: Fri Nov  3 20:35:09 2006 from xxx.xx.xxx.xx

Have a lot of fun...

I suspect this is a firewall issue and it't not allowing port 5901 to be forwarded thru the ssh tunnel. Has anyone seen this before or has an idea what might be going on.

Many thanks!

Probably not firewall related.
It looks like you're already running vnc on your local machine, try...

ssh timothy@xxx.xx.xxx.xx -L 5902:localhost:5905

In your remote machine you should have vnc setup on screen no.5(port 5905) and in your local machine you have to login to "localhost:2"

That was it: had the ports backwards. Thanks again.