SSH tunnel only listens on 127.0.0.1 on remote host

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The situation is as described: Lets say we have a local computer (10.0.0.5) with a web server on port 80 and a remote Ubuntu 18.04 server (1.2.3.4), when I try tunneling from the local computer to the remote server on port 8080, the ssh tunnel works but only listens on the local IP.

The problem is only the remote server, via 127.0.0.1:8080 can access the server behind the ssh tunnel, whereas I want it to listen on 1.2.3.4:8080 so other people can connect to the local computer via the remote server.

Seeing the actual command used to start the tunnel may help as well — ivanivan, Jun 19 '19 at 15:00
Possible duplicate of [How to make ssh tunnel open to public?](https://superuser.com/questions/588591/how-to-make-ssh-tunnel-open-to-public) — Kamil Maciorowski, Jun 19 '19 at 15:55

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 19 '19 at 14:46

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I have found a solution to the problem.

By editing the SSH config file (usually /etc/ssh/sshd_config on Linux), you can set the GatewayPorts to yes and then it should allow SSH tunnels to listen on the other interfaces.

answered Jun 19 '19 at 14:46

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Pretty sure you need a `systemctl restart sshd` after this. – MikeKulls May 25 '22 at 00:55

SSH tunnel only listens on 127.0.0.1 on remote host

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