That's it! THANK YOU I'll try it this weekend if he has any issues. Jason ..·><((((º> > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > cstolley@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 11:44 AM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: helping remote users > > > Perhaps you simply want to use ssh remote port forwarding. In your > scenario, the remote user could ssh to your machine like so: > > ssh -R5555:localhost:22 jasonsbox.domain.com > > This causes localhost:22 on the remote user's machine to be > forwarded to yours. Once he connected, you could connect back to > his machine by connecting to localhost on port 5555, like so: > > ssh -p 5555 localhost > > You could also run vncviewer in listener mode on your machine. > However, I would personally have misgivings about exposing that to > the public net without, at a minimum, some sort of firewall > restrictions. > > Colin > > On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:20:21 -0500 Jason Staudenmayer > <jasons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >Sorry if this might be a newbish question but I can't figure it > >out. I have a user that is just starting to use Linux/RedHat and > >I'm trying to help as much I can. As most of you know seeing the > >screen is the best bet to help. Next best is access to the system. > >What I'd like to do is open a port on my firewall that he can > >connect to and then I can connect back to his system (kinda like > >ssh forward but reverse). I had done this a few years ago when I > >had somebody helping me I just can't find what command he had me > >use. Anybody know of something like this? > > > >TIA > > > >Jason > > > > > > > >..·><((((º> > > > >-- > >redhat-list mailing list > >unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list- > >request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
