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Newer page: version 18 Last edited on Friday, October 7, 2005 3:42:25 am by AshleyWard Revert
Older page: version 17 Last edited on Sunday, September 25, 2005 5:37:04 am by BadPirate Revert
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 !!! <tt>channel ''n'': open failed: administratively prohibited: open failed</tt> 
  
 Despite this error message, this just means it wasn't able to open a port forward. Generally this is because the address you have set for port forwarding is wrong, or the port that you are pointing to is incorrect. Check your -L or -R options for accuracy. This is also the message you'll get if your slave SSH server is running port filtering software like "Little Snitch" or have a firewall setup on the slave side. 
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+This can also be if the server you are connecting to has AllowTcpForwarding set to no in its sshd_config file.  
  
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 Part of CategorySecurity, CategoryNetworking, CategoryErrors