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

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

On 28/Jun/2006 13:52 Albert Charron wrote ..
> 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...

What does the 'hostname -f' command output when run at the shell prompt on
your system? If it is returning localhost, this may be confusing Webmin..

 - Jamie