Jody Grafals wrote: > Anyone seen this error befor ? > > "channel 1: open failed: administratively prohibited: open failed" > > I get it when I try to run this command > ssh -f -g -n -b216.xxx.xxx.92 -N -L80:67.xxx.xxx.22.:80 -l root > 67.xxx.xxx.22 You have to be root to be able to open port 80 on your local box, try using a port > 1024, like 8080 or something. HTH, Brent