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Title: Can't connect to Manager through Internet
Post by: Kip Woodworth on September 18, 2001, 09:19:22 AM

I have a router on my DSL line, and I have forwarded all the ports that I know of that are needed. But I cant get the manager to work. I know that the manager port is  980. I have the ssh port, the www port, the ftp port, all forwarded to the server. And everything is working but the manager. Does anyone have any Ideas. I could live with just ssh. but I like to have everything working.

Thank you,

Kip

Title: Re: Can't connect to Manager through Internet
Post by: WXP on September 18, 2001, 10:43:20 AM

Hi dude,

The manager is disable on the external network...
You have to use SSH Tunneling to access it.

I'm not at home right now so I can just tell you, you
have to use MindTerm. Make a SSH connection to your
server.. get connected.. login.. and then specify you wanna
use your manager through the options and then you have
to go to : http://localhost:980
And it will make the connection. I didnt try it yet since I dont
have a direct connection to the web at work .. damn proxy..

Cya

Title: Re: Can't connect to Manager through Internet
Post by: runninghrhino on September 19, 2001, 12:55:35 AM

What is mindterm?WXP wrote:
>
> Hi dude,
>
> The manager is disable on the external network...
> You have to use SSH Tunneling to access it.
>
> I'm not at home right now so I can just tell you, you
> have to use MindTerm. Make a SSH connection to your
> server.. get connected.. login.. and then specify you wanna
> use your manager through the options and then you have
> to go to : http://localhost:980
> And it will make the connection. I didnt try it yet since I
> dont
> have a direct connection to the web at work .. damn proxy..
>
> Cya

Title: Re: Can't connect to Manager through Internet
Post by: WXP on September 19, 2001, 10:26:23 AM

http://www.mindbright.se/mindterm/

see you

Title: Re: Can't connect to Manager through Internet
Post by: Kip on September 19, 2001, 06:41:46 PM

That site is down, and has been down for 2 days! Is there any other ssh tunneling programs that I can use?  Just to see if I understand, you connect through ssh with mindterm, then you open a browser and go to http://localhost:980.

thanks,

Kip


PS> Will a program like Putty work?

Title: Re: Can't connect to Manager through Internet
Post by: WXP on September 19, 2001, 07:39:55 PM

>
> That site is down, and has been down for 2 days! Is there any
> other ssh tunneling programs that I can use?  Just to see if
> I understand, you connect through ssh with mindterm, then you
> open a browser and go to http://localhost:980.

Any other programs.. humm I do not any other.. but I can send the rpm over..
I think I have it on my system..

That's not exactly what you have to do.
First of all, you connect trough ssh with mindterm right.
Then, you make a "tunnel" between you and your server.
And then the port 980 is accessible on localhost

> PS> Will a program like Putty work?

Not at all....

Send me an email on pbrossin@wxp.homeip.net and I will send you the rpm

Regards

Title: Re: Can't connect to Manager through Internet
Post by: Gene Cooper on September 21, 2001, 12:08:37 AM

For lazy people (like me):

SSH into the server (I use PuTTY)

Log in as Admin which brings up the console menu.

Choose "Access e-smith-manager with text-mode browser"

Not pretty, but it works.

G

Title: Re: Can't connect to Manager through Internet
Post by: WXP on September 21, 2001, 12:38:02 AM

yeah that's an idea though i do prefer ssh tunneling.. it's not that hard to install and i'm a lazy man :) so if I do it YOU can do it :)

Title: Re: Can't connect to Manager through Internet
Post by: Gene Cooper on September 21, 2001, 01:49:07 AM

WXP wrote:

> I'm not at home right now so I can just tell you, you
> have to use MindTerm. Make a SSH connection to your
> server.. get connected.. login.. and then specify you wanna
> use your manager through the options and then you have
> to go to : http://localhost:980
> And it will make the connection. I didnt try it yet since I
> dont
> have a direct connection to the web at work .. damn proxy..

OK, I understand tunnelling in principal, but what are the specifics here?  I read this, but I don't quite understand...particularly the "specify you wanna
use your manager through the options" part.

Thanks in advance for some pretty interesting and useful stuff,

G

Title: Re: Can't connect to Manager through Internet
Post by: WXP on September 21, 2001, 10:15:35 AM

I should have say "in the option"

you have to specify the :

 - local port
 - remote host
 - remote port

and then you can use the manager....

see you

Title: Re: Can't connect to Manager through Internet
Post by: Kip on September 25, 2001, 07:56:29 AM

I use a windows 2000 machine to access the esmith server that is located at the office. Is that program in a windows version? and by the way, that website is still down. are they still in business?

Kip

Title: Re: Can't connect to Manager through Internet
Post by: WXP on September 25, 2001, 10:33:42 AM

it's a java applet.. so it can be run on mac pc under windows, macos linux

*I think*

http://www.appgate.org/products/mindterm/demo/

See ya