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 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. > > > > 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. Matt -- Matt Hyclak Department of Mathematics Department of Social Work Ohio University (740) 593-1263