you STAR!! I can't believe I missed that! I really tried to not look like an idiot this time! thank you. rich On Wednesday 04 August 2004 15:51, Robert Vangel wrote: > You want to add a -g in there, so: > > # ssh -f -N -g -L 8080:192.168.254.19:80 user@localhost > > From man ssh: >