Re: ssh says Cannot listen to port: 6000

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 2009-07-29 06:40, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 2009-07-29 03:59, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> > I'm trying to connect via ssh to a remote server, with
> >  ssh -f  -L 6000:localhost:4499 campbell@91.204.208.39 -N
> > channel_setup_fwd_listener: cannot listen to port: 6000
> >
> > When I enter the password I get:
> >
> > bind: Address already in use
> > channel_setup_fwd_listener: cannot listen to port: 6000
> > Could not request local forwarding
> >
> >
> > I can't find port 6000 with netstat -a.
>
> Is that 6000 or 60000?

Forgot to mention: Google "port 6000".

http://www.auditmypc.com/port/tcp-port-6000.asp

> > There has to something wrongly configured on this machine because on a
> > different one it does work. Any suggestions what to try next?

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