I have a freenas server with an ssh port open to the internet. I want to access a server within the network the nas is in, so I used an ssh port forward like this: ssh -N -L 8080:host:80

Running that seems fine at first put when i try to use that port forward i get these messages:

channel 2: open failed: administratively prohibited: open failed
channel 2: open failed: administratively prohibited: open failed
channel 2: open failed: administratively prohibited: open failed
channel 2: open failed: administratively prohibited: open failed

I already checked the options AllowTcpForwarding and PermitOpen as mentioned here: This did not resolve my problem.

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The problem seems to be that i used the root user.

• ssh -N -L 8080:host:80 root@host ~ does not work
• ssh -N -L 8080:host:80 user@host ~ does work

I'm not sure if that is specific to freenas, bsd or sshd in general.

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