ssh tunneling (ksh: 23: not found)

Question

hello all i am try to tunnel with command from my windows using cygwin to $ ssh -D localhost:9999 xxx@sdf.lonestar.org 23 it is promit me password and after i do that

ksh: 23: not found
Malek@Malek-VAIO ~

Answer 1

I'm assuming you're trying to specify that the remote ssh port is 23. You're close

ssh -D localhost:9999 xxx@sdf.lonestar.org -p 23

Without the -p you're telling ssh to execute the command 23 when it connects to the remote host (which of course isn't a command).