Hello,
I have found what I believe to be a bug in OpenSSH. I have tested
versions 2.1.1 and 2.5.2p2 only. Please CC me on any responses as I am
not subscribed to the mailing list. (Is this address the proper one for
reporting bugs?)
When using the "-N" option to "ssh" to forward ports without
running a
command, ssh terminates after only one connection to the forwarded
ports. For example, if I want to forward local port 8080 to my web
server at home, I would use
ssh -N -L 8080:localhost:80 carlthompson.net
However, after just one successful connection to local port 8080, ssh
terminates and the port is no longer redirected.
I believe the correct behavior should be that ssh continue to forward
connections until the program is explicitly terminated as is the case
when "-N" is not used.
Thank you,
Carl Thompson