I have successfully used this technique on a RedHat server. (I have also seen it fail on Mac OSX running VirtualPC.)
What are you using to access MySQL? The command line? (Make sure it's configured to use port 3306 and not looking for a local socket file.) What are the errors given? Can you telnet to localhost:3306? Seth On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 17:33:18 -0500, Carl Karsten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to connect to MySql with an SSH tunnel that terminates on the same > box MySqld is running on. I would expect that I do L3306:localhost:3306 and > grant access to [EMAIL PROTECTED] This doesn't seem to work. I got this to work on > a test box: L3306:my.sql.IP:3306 grant access to [EMAIL PROTECTED] but I don't > really want to expose the box like that. I realize that a firewall could block > any real exposure, but I don't have that kind of authority over the box. > > Is there a howto for this kind of setup? > > Carl Karsten > http://www.personnelware.com/carl/resume.html > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
