On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 05:59:11PM -0700, Blake Thornton wrote: > OK, this is probably a bit of a cracker question, but I'm trying to get > into my own box. > > My box is behind a firewall and want to ssh into it. I have asked the > admin to open the port for me, but he's not moving as fast as I would like > and I hate to get too pushy about it. > > So, I am thinking that all I need to do is find an open port and put this > port into my sshd_config file. > > Right now, all I can think of is trial and error: run ssh on a port and > then try to ssh into my box. If it doesn't work, I try another port, > until hopefully I find an open port. > > Any thoughts? Thanks >
Ask your local sysadmin to open an account for you in the firewall. ssh into the firewall and then into your workstation. Not sure how secure this is but it can work while you find a workaround. To find an open port you can use nmap. greetings, oscar -- PGP Key fingerprint = 87 83 5F D3 8D D4 B9 DC 4F 15 B1 68 4E FE 2D AE _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
