sshd[xxx]: refused local port forward: originator x.x.x.x port yyy, target x.x.x.x port zzz

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • ssh tunnelling fails with the following events
channel 3: open failed: administratively prohibited: open failed
Sep 30 08:20:52 localhost.localdomain sshd[3145]: refused local port forward: originator 192.168.x.x port xxx, target 192.168.x.x port yyy

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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