Trying to create a socks (-D) ssh tunnel - Linux box to Linux box (both centos):

sshd running on remote side ok.

From local machine we do / see this:

ssh -D 1080 [email protected].
[email protected]'s password: 
bind: Cannot assign requested address

(where 8.8.8.8 is really my server's IP and 'user' is my real username)

I am logged into the remote side in this terminal-window. I can verify that the local port was unused prior to this command, and then used by an ssh process, after the command, via:

netstat -lnp | grep 1080

So, unlike most googled-responses with this error, the problem would not seem to be the loopback interface assignment. If I try to use this tunnel with a mail client, the local-side permits the attempt (no 'proxy-failed' error), but no data / reply is returned.

On the remote side, I do have "PermitTunnel yes" in my sshd_config (though 'yes' should be the default, anyway).

Ideas or Clues?

Here is the relevant debug-output

OpenSSH_5.3p1, OpenSSL 1.0.0-fips 29 Mar 2010
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: Applying options for *

....

debug1: Authentication succeeded (password).
debug1: Local connections to LOCALHOST:1080 forwarded to remote address socks:0
debug1: Local forwarding listening on 127.0.0.1 port 1080.
debug1: channel 0: new [port listener]
debug1: Local forwarding listening on ::1 port 1080.
bind: Cannot assign requested address
debug1: channel 1: new [client-session]
debug1: Entering interactive session.
debug1: Sending environment.
debug1: Sending env LANG = en_US.utf8

Other clue: If I run a Virtual Box on the client running Windows, open a tunnel with putty in that box, that tunnel, to the same remote server, works.