[CentOS] SSH, SCP connections to remote MySQL Database using OpenOffice Possible?

[Therese Trudeau]

>>>>  I can connect to the remote database via Linux desktop, it's just via an un encrypted connection through port 3306. For obvious reasons I don't want to do it that way.
>>> 
>>>>  My question is, is OpenOffice Calc able to connect to remote databases via SSH and or SCP? If so, do I need a plug in for that, or need to configure calc to do that in some way? How would I do this, or which plug in(s) do I need?
>>>>
>>> 
>>> No, but what you could do is use an ssh tunnel to accomplish this.
>>> Something along the lines of "ssh -L 3307:database.example.net:3306
>>> database.example.net"
>>> 
>>> This will tell your system to tunnel the local port 3307 through the
>>> database box, TO the database box on port 3306. From this point, after
>>> you connect via ssh with the above command, you can simply point your
>>> database software to the local 3307 port in plain text, and it'll
>>> travel over ssh to the remote box.
>>> 
>>> I've probably done a bad job explaining this, so I'll go get some more coffee.
>> 
>> Hehe THANKS Jim I need some too!
>> 
>> So when I "ssh -L 3307:database.example.net:3306", am I doing this via terminal prior to connecting with Calc (or base),
>> then start up base and enter in just the regular database.example.net into the "Server URL" field in Clac or base?
>> 
>> Or do I need to enter "ssh -L 3307:database.example.net:3306" just once in to the "Server URL" FIeld from within OpenOffice Calc or VBase? 
>> 
> 
> You should enter localhost:3307. That connects to the local end of your SSH
> tunnel. 

OK this is what I tried - I opened up terminal on my local desktop machine, and I issued the command:  ssh -L 3307:domain.name.of.DesktopLocalMySQLserver:3306 username at domain.name.of.RemoteServer.

Then I started up OpenOffice Calc, clicked on File>New>Database, and in the area where it asks for the "ServerURL", I entered in:  localhost:3307 and just below it where it asks for the port number I also entered in 3307 (the default is 3306).

 The error I got was "Illegal Connection Port Value 3307:3307: and I could not connect. 
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