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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> 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)
Matt
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Matt Hyclak
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Department of Social Work
Ohio University
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