On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 09:18:55AM -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. Matt -- Matt Hyclak Department of Mathematics Department of Social Work Ohio University (740) 593-1263