ssh port forward issue

Question

I would port forward with ssh but when I try to do that the ssh client always log in instead of port forward

ssh -i /mnt/storage/jenkins/.ssh/prod_key [email protected] -L 1868:database.region.rds.amazonaws.com:5432

I can't understand why. I tried to change the sequence but it doesn-t works.

I changed in the /etc/ssh/sshd conf

AllowTcpForwarding yes
GatewayPorts yes

Answer 1

as per man ssh

-N Do not execute a remote command. This is useful for just forwarding ports.