[SATLUG] VNC Viewer Via SSH :: Assistance

[Geoff]

twistedpickles wrote:
> I set up my servers so that they will only accept a VNC connection
> from locslhost. This wasn't a problem when I was on windows and used
> putty to ssh into my linux boxes. I recently decided to run FC6 on my
> laptop as my primary OS and I'm having trouble establishing a VNC
> connection via ssh.
>
> The following are commands I've used. I have set up ssh to use an
> alternate port : for eaxmple 9052.
>
> ssh -p 9052 // works for ssh access
>
> ssh -p 9052 -N -T -L remoteIP:5952:localhost:5952 //does not work
> ssh -p 9052 -L 5922:remoteIP:5952 // does not work
>
> I'm using the switches -L to bind to address,
>
> Thanks in advance.

I've found that the port has to go -next- to the port designator...

ie:  ssh -p8052 i.p.address.here -l username
(*note, the 'l' is a lower case L - for login)