How to configure a ssh tunnel

[mikri]

Hi,

i have installed SSH an it works fine with PublicKeys, now i want to configure a SSH Tunnel betwen my AIX 5.3 and an Linux box.
I was making a tun Device at the AIX

mknod /dev/tun c 10 200
ls -l /dev/tun
crw-r--r--   1 root     system       10,200 Aug 23 14:23 /dev/tun

But if i configure the Device, i become an Error:

ifconfig tun0 192.168.200.11
0821-515 ifconfig: error loading /usr/lib/drivers/if_tun: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.

I think the definition of an device in AIX is different from LINUX ;-)

If there a Dokumentation available for config a SSH Tunnel at AIX?

THX
Mikri

 

[RodKnowlton]

SSH tunnels (port forwarding) don't require devices.

Are you trying to do some sort of VPN over SSH?

- Rod


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[RodKnowlton]

Oops. I see now that VPN style tunneling with tun devices was added with OpenSSH 4.3.

I don't know if tun pseudo devices are supported in AIX, but now I'm curious to know if someone else can resolve this.

- Rod