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

[Albert C. <ach...@vi...>]

Jamie Cameron wrote:
> On 28/Jun/2006 11:59 Alan Dobkin wrote ..
>   
>> 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.
>>     
>
> Indeed .. I presume you aren't running the browser on the same host
> as your Webmin server? If not, Java shouldn't even be allowed to connect
> to localhost!
>
> I tested these settings myself, and was able to connect to the Webmin
> server just fine.
>  
>   
>> 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.
>>     
>
> Are you by any change accessing Webmin through some kind of proxy or Apache
> forwarding virtual host? This may be confusing the module ..
>
>  - Jamie
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>   
Just noticed I have the exact same problem here.  I'm not proxying 
through apache on both the machines I've tried the SSH module... One 
machine is under Mandriva Linux 2006, the other one is under Ubuntu 
Dapper Drake (6.06)...

In both cases, trying to connect remotely (from another computer)... the 
module is stating "connected to <unknown host> ssh"

Webmin version in both cases is 1.280...

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