SSH VPN tunnel without having to enable root

[NetSkay]

ive been trying to setup a VPN SSH tunnel and ive had success executing ssh -Nv -w 0:0 root@192.168.2.2 -p 50

however what i am wondering is, can i do the tunneling without having root unlocked when i try ssh -Nv -w 0:0 $username@192.168.2.2 -p 50 and have root acccount disabled while $username is set in sudoers, i get an administratively prohibited

so my question is, can i do the tunnel without having root enabled? thnx

[hawkmage]

A process can't bind to a port under 1025 without being root. I am not sure what you mean by "without having root enabled" but you should be able to do it using sudo.