on 3-10-2008 1:33 PM Therese Trudeau spake the following: > > ---------------------------------------- >> Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:12:31 -0400 >> From: hyclak at math.ohiou.edu >> To: centos at centos.org >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] SSH, SCP connections to remote MySQL Database using OpenOffice Possible? >> >> On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 03:08:19PM -0400, Therese Trudeau enlightened us: >>> ---------------------------------------- >>>> Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:27:28 -0400 >>>> From: hyclak at math.ohiou.edu >>>> To: centos at centos.org >>>> Subject: Re: [CentOS] SSH, SCP connections to remote MySQL Database using OpenOffice Possible? >>>> >>>> On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 12:38:34PM -0400, Therese Trudeau enlightened us: >>>>>>>>> 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-d7gQ9grfmP7uf9qcbqpnZGC4GVmHw8X4ZSToKVHwfNc at public.gmane.org >>>>> >>>>> 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. >>>> I think what you really want is >>>> >>>> ssh -L 3307:localhost:3306 remote.db.server >>>> >>>> The host in the middle is relative to the end machine. You could also >>>> probably do >>>> >>>> ssh -L 3307:remote.db.server:3306 remote.db.server >>>> >>>> (for that matter, I don't see why you couldn't do ssh -L 3306:... as long as >>>> you don't have mysql running on your desktop) >>> OK so you are saying to enter into Terminal, either: ssh -L 3307:localhost:3306 remote.db.server , OR enter into Terminal: >>> ssh -L 3307:remote.db.server:3306 remote.db.server and substitute in my remote server address for "remote.db.server" >>> >>> Once I do that, what should I enter into the OpenOffice Calc Spreadsheet Application Dialog box, in order to get the OpenOffice Calc local applicationwhich resides on my desktop >>> machine to read the remote database? >>> >> Correct, that *should* work. > > Sadly I can't get OpenOffice Calc to connect that way, I keep getting those �Illegal Connection Port Value 3307:3307� > errors from Calc when I enter in �localhost:3307� into Calc open new database box. > _________________________________________________________________ If there is a separate port dialog box, don't put the port in twice. IE... In serverurl put localhost and in port put 3307. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 250 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080310/f880ee9e/attachment-0004.sig>