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

[Alan D. <We...@Om...>]

On 6/26/2006 2:05 PM, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> 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

What you are saying makes sense, but let me reiterate what I am
experiencing, which still appears to be multiple bugs with this module.

First, with the module config set to "Automatic", Port set to "Default",
and proxy set to "No", the SSH/Telnet Login module connects me to my
local desktop, not the Webmin server.  This seems kind of pointless, and
definitely not expected behavior.

Second, if I enter another server hostname in the module config and
leave proxy set to "No", it does connect me properly to that server. 
But this does not seem to be tunneling in this case, it seems to be a
direct connection from my desktop (where the Java applet is running).

Finally, if I enter another server hostname in the module config and set
proxy to "Yes", it says "Connected to <unknown host> 10002", but it does
not actually connect to anything.

Alan