remmina won't work with ssh ports other than 22

[Thomas Schweikle]

Assume an open ssh port on 6222. No problem to connect using ssh with: "ssh -p 6222 -l <user> <host>" or with opennx giving port 6222. But remmina will case to connect with error message: "Error message: Success!".

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: remmina 1.0.0-4ubuntu3
Uname: Linux 3.14.4+ x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Tue May 27 07:01:49 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-10-19 (950 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
SourcePackage: remmina
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-02-24 (91 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Alexandr Makarič (makarica)]

Have you tried prepending the port with colon? Like ":6222"?
It has fixed the "Error message: Success" for me, but I am now stuck at "Connecting to ..." and the client freezes.

[Alexandr Makarič (makarica)]

I think I've found a solution:
If you hover over the SSH port field, it will show you extra info on port format e. g. ":port" or "server:port".
Since Remmina will create a SSH by default leading to localhost you have to set the target NX server to "localhost".

Basically apply same logic as if you were to create the tunnel by hand in a terminal.

I have tested this by connecting to VNC server through SSH.

[adrhc (adrhc)]

Hi, for those just like me who didn't notice the : character the explanation above means you'll have to fill in :port instead of just the port.

[Marian Hello (marian-hello)]

I was about to write it's not working but it's actually is with :port notation.