Answer by Stephen Quan for SSH remote port forwarding failed
For me when a ssh tunnel disconnects it takes awhile for the connection to reset so the ssh process continues to block leaving me with no active tunnels and I don't know why. A workaround solution is...
View ArticleAnswer by kasperd for SSH remote port forwarding failed
I agree with MadHatter, that it is likely to be port forwardings from defunct ssh connections. Even if your current problem turns out to be something else, you can expect to run into such defunct ssh...
View ArticleAnswer by MadHatter for SSH remote port forwarding failed
You can find the process that's binding the port on that server with sudo netstat -apn|grep -w X It seems very likely to be the half-defunct sshd, but why make assumptions when you can have data? It's...
View ArticleAnswer by Sobrique for SSH remote port forwarding failed
In my experience ssh has a slightly irksome habit of not exiting cleanly if 'something' is still running on the remote system. E.g. started in the background. You can reproduce this by: ssh...
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Follow-Up: It looks like the rapid series of disconnects coinciding with a few months of running each server is probably coincidental and just served to reveal the actual problem. The reason it failed...
View ArticleAnswer by Garo for SSH remote port forwarding failed
Judging by your description the other answers here are more useful.But for others that notice problems with port forwarding to a specific server and end up on this page:In many cases the problem is...
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