how can I SSH to a linux box and then port forward to a Windows box?

I have direct access to a Linux box via ssh. I want to ssh to that box and then port hop to the RDP port on a windows machine and then connect to it with CoRD (or any RDP client for Mac) and use 127.0.0.1:33389

but I don't have the syntax right. Can anyone help me out with the command that I can use to connect to the Linux box and then hop over to the Windows machine on the new port?

just for reference, I was trying stuff like:

ssh -g -L 127.0.0.1:33389:LinuxBox:3389 user@WindowsBox

That will port forward your linux box 3389 to local 33389 - your linux box isn't running rdp.

Do you have ssh server running on your windows machine?

You'll have to ssh port forward from the windows box to the linux box -> then port foward that port outside.

something like -on your linux box

Test on the linux box that you can open 127.0.0.1:33389 with an rdp client

Then you should be able to ssh to your linux box like you did

edit - I haven't fully tested this but you get the idea - first get the port forward to work on your linux box - then forward it again.

great. Thanks.

Wait - this is coming back to me now. I think I have this wrong. Here is my original writeup
http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/in...s/196280-vnc-port-forwarding.html#post1025616

So from what I remember - you have your linux box setup as an SSH server - with port 22 forwarded. So if you go ssh [email protected] -> it goes to your ssh server on your linux box. Then if you want to get to your windows box you would do this


where 192.168.1.2 is your windows box. You don't need to do the double hop I described. So I think your original post was close - you just need to replace linuxbox ip with windows ip.

okay, perfect.

Thanks for updating it

I use a front end for this.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ssh-tunnel-manager/id424470626?mt=12

Initially I had my ssh server listening on 443 since a lot of the places I do work for block almost everything outbound. But this app is nice to have several saved tunnels for quick connect.

wow, didn't know they had an app for that.

Thanks.