[Samba] ssh tunnelling with putty

[Jonathan Johnson]

On Tue, 15 Jun 2004, Paul Krash wrote:

> Hi Brian!
> 
> Brian Johnson wrote:
> > Could someone provide some help tunnelling a connection through a ssh pipe
> > using putty on a windows 98 client to a samba server?
> 
> OK, ssh goes through port 22, mapping a drive requires ports 137 and 139
> (tcp and udp) to be open and routable by Windows RPC client.
> 
> I would suggest configuring The Microsoft VPN adapter to attach to the 
> server, then map your drive to samba.
> 
> You will have to have the VPN configured on the server (and both routers).
> 
> I am assuming (ah!!!) that you are trying to reach the samba server from 
> outside the host network.
> 

Of course, the point of tunnelling is to allow one to connect to a
particular remote port (such as 137 and 139) when only ssh is
available. This works by creating a listening port of your choice on
the Windows machine, which PuTTY forwards via SSH to a remote machine
of your choice.

Where this breaks down for SMB is when you realize that there is
already a listening service on ports 137 and 139: the windows server
service (or whatever it's euivalent is in 9x -- file and printer
sharing, I guess). That means that no matter how you try to connect to
the remote machine, all you're gonna get is your own computer.

Now, there may be a way around it: for your local port, specify
something on the order of "127.0.0.5:137". For your remote port,
specify 137 on the remote IP address. This is sort of like the
"loopback adapter" but (hopefully) Windows isn't already listening on
that IP address to port 137. You may then be able to reach the remote
computer by the address 127.0.0.5.

I haven't tried this, so your mileage may vary. But I think it's worth
a shot. Now, you won't be able to browse the remote network, but maybe
someone else knows a better way.

--Jonathan Johnson
jon at sutinen.com