Steve Brueckner wrote: >I need to create an ssh port forwarding tunnel to another machine when my >Xen VM starts up, so I added this to the VM's /etc/rc.d/rc.local: > >ssh -f -L 5500:localhost:5501 remote_host_ip tail -f /dev/null > >This causes my VM to pause for about 3 minutes during boot right after >"Starting HAL daemon: [ OK ]" >Furthermore, the ssh tunnel never gets created. > >I have null-passphrase authentication keys working, so I can execute the >tunnel manually after I log in. So why won't the tunnel work before I log >in? > >I don't get any errors in /var/log/messages, just a 3-minute gap between >entries. Is there anywhere else I can look to find potential error >messages? > >When I try the same trick on the bare-metal host machine, it works fine: no >3-minute stall and the ssh tunnel is created fine. So I suppose what I need >is a way to find or create error messages so I can diagnose further. Maybe >then I can take this to the Xen list. > >Stephen Brueckner, ATC-NY > > > I use the following method to create ssh tunnels on startup: (in inittab) log1:3:respawn:/usr/bin/ssh -nNtx -R 5500:localhost:5501 remote_host_ip > /dev/null 2>&1 This, however, may not solve your problem. Are you sure you're public and private keys are in the right spot and have the correct permissions? -Mike
