On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 08:30:12AM -0800, Gonzalo wrote: > but when I telnet to my local 1234 port, I get this error: > > channel_open_failure: 2: reason 1: open failed > > Any ideas about what it means? Are you sure that forwarding is allowed by the server? It can be disabled via the "AllowTcpForwarding no" directive in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. Not that this restriction is particularly meaningful, as it turns out, but that's another topic.