Re: [webmin-l] SSH/Telnet Login Module Changes

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On 26/Jun/2006 05:03 Alan Dobkin wrote ..
> On 6/13/2006 3:53 PM, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> >  - Support for tunneling connections to another server in
> >    the SSH/Telnet Login module.
> 
> How does this work?  If I leave the "Hostname to connect to" option set
> to "Automatic" or set it to "localhost", then it connects me to the
> local SSH server on my desktop (i.e., the client where I am running the
> web browser, not the Webmin server).  This seems like a bug to me.
> 
> Also, is this really "tunneling" through the Webmin server, or is it
> just a direct connection from the Java applet to the SSH server?  It
> seems more like the latter....

It is actually tunneling through Webmin. To use it, you need to set
the 'Use proxy to connect to other hosts?' option to 'Yes', and in the
'Hostname to connect to' enter some other host on your webmin server's
network. Entering 'localhost' would be pointless when in proxy mode, as
it is the default destination for non-proxied connections :)

 - Jamie