On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 12:01:29AM +0100, Henning Sprang wrote: > > Hy all, > > i am just trying to tunnel a mysql client connection via ssh. i am > behind a firewall that doesn't let mysql connections through to the > outer world. > > But i can do ssh to the host i want connect to. Tunneling http port 80 > with the command > > ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] -L 80000:localhost:80 > > gives me access to the http port of the remote machine via port 80000 on > my local machine. > > so fra , so good. Then doing > > # ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] -L 80000:localhost:3306 > > > and connecting to port 80000 on my machine with telnet gives me > something like > > Trying ::1... > Connected to localhost. > Escape character is '^]'. > , > 3.23.47-log$jhbjhb%kj > > which i suppose is a prompt from the remote mysql service
Yes, that means it's working. > but then trying to connect to that port with the mysql client i get: > > # mysql -u username -p -h my.local.hostname -P 80000 > Enter password: > ERROR 2003: Can't connect to MySQL server on 'my.local.hostname' (111) > > could it be that the mysql client does some extra checks, so maybe > the server sends his real hostname or ip address in binary form > (thats the signs at the end of the telnet prompt?) and the client > realizes that he is not connected to that machine, but to another > and breaks up? can i, if this is so, disable that check? > > I saw some information which said that forwarding mysql connections > is possible, but cannot get this to work properly. Try using "localhost" instead of "my".local.hostname". Since you didn't use the `-g' option for SSH, I wouldn't expect what you're doing to work. See the SSH docs for why. Jeremy -- Jeremy D. Zawodny, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Technical Yahoo - Yahoo Finance Desk: (408) 349-7878 Fax: (408) 349-5454 Cell: (408) 685-5936 MySQL 3.23.41-max: up 17 days, processed 409,667,052 queries (273/sec. avg) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
