Listening on wrong ip - 127.0.0.1 vs. 0.0.0.0

[sokartes_sf]

hi all,
using local ssh port forwarding as follows:

ssh -L [local_port]:[local_host]:[remote_port] [remote_machine]

I found the local port 'binded' to IP 127.0.0.1:

Example: local_port = 30999

# netstat -nlp | grep 30999
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:30999 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 6977/ssh
tcp 0 0 ::1:30999 :::* LISTEN 6977/ssh

For certain reasons it is supposed to be bound to the IP: 0.0.0.0, so
that my desired netstat should look like:

# netstat -nlp | grep 30999
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:30999 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 6977/ssh
...

any ideas how this could be achieved?
tx in advance!

Peter

[ManishSinha]

If this post is answered then it would clear a lot of my confusions.

When we bind a port, why is it shown bounded to 0.0.0.0 instead 127.0.0.0 ?
I mean that the IP of the system is the latter, then why is 0.0.0.0 shown? I have read in my course book that 0.0.0.0 is used as a source address when sending ARP requests, not much has been taught apart from this usage of the address 0.0.0.0

[sokartes_sf]

see groups.google.com and search for "Binding TCP ports"