[anderson at more.net: OpenSSH_2.5.2p2 with -L problem]

[Eric L. Anderson]

I failed to mention the contact info for the employee of Sun who also
encountered a similar problem (with -R but to a Solaris 8_x86 box).

	Robert Vassar <Robert.Vassar at Sun.COM>

He said he was interested in working on an OpenSSH patch if necessary. Please
CC him also if additional information is needed.

----- Forwarded message from "Eric L. Anderson" <anderson at more.net> -----

> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 16:34:47 -0500
> From: "Eric L. Anderson" <anderson at more.net>
> To: openssh at openssh.com
> Subject: OpenSSH_2.5.2p2 with -L problem
> 
> Here is a problem an employee of Sun and I have discovered about portforwarding
> (-L or -R) on Solaris 8 (x86 only). I am using OpenSSH_2.5.2p2 and when I try
> to do portforwarding with -L (on x86) I see the following (when running ssh
> with the -v option):
> 
> 	debug1: Local forwarding listening on 1.0.0.127 port 6500.
> 	bind: Cannot assign requested address
> 
> This looks quite odd considering I do not have any ethernet interfaces
> configured with that IP. When I do the same on a SPARC (which works) I see 
> the following:
> 
> 	debug1: Local forwarding listening on 127.0.0.1 port 6500.
> 
> That of course looks normal. This appears to be an endianness issue. I have 
> looked at the code (channels.c) but I do not see where the bug might be (then 
> again, I have little experience in network programming). 
> 
> Please let me know if you need additional information or let me know if I am
> barking up the wrong tree (perhaps this is a Solaris issue ;)
> 
> Thanks
> -- 
> Eric L. Anderson
> anderson at more.net

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Eric L. Anderson
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