Yea, I do mean SSH. Oops.
On Saturday 14 July 2001 18:29, you wrote:
> You probably mean SSH tunnel, which is quite feasable-- Hank Marquardt
> posted this earlier to the list:
>
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> Works just fine ... as does postgres --
>
> ssh -N -2 -f -C -c blowfish -L3306:yourdatabase.server.here:3306
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> or the other usual tricks work too ... like going through a firewall
> (fyi ... clear text on the *other* side of the firewall):
>
> ssh -N -2 -f -C -c blowfish -L3306:db_behind_thefirewall:3306
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> The only oddity is that you will have to use the local host *address*
> 127.0.0.1 to connect from the mysql client as it normally looks for a
> local socket if you use 'localhost', so your connection will be:
>
> mysql -h 127.0.0.1
>
> for postgres examples, change the port numbers (3306) to 5432
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Evan Nemerson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 6:02 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Alternative to phpMyAdmin
>
>
> What if you were to open an SSL tunnel to the DB host, then connect
> through
> that???
>
> > like you said... as long as the database provider accepts connections
> > from outside, you can administer it from anywhere.
> >
> > if the provider doesn't accept incoming connections, no amount of
> > tools and software will work for you.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Alexander Skwar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> > > Subject: RE: [PHP] Alternative to phpMyAdmin
> > >
> > > > if you install mysql on a windoze machine then you can administer
> > > > ANY >
> > >
> > > mysql database going through the socket.
> > >
> > > Okay, for a development this may be fine, but I still fail to see
> > > how a tool that runs on your own computer (no matter if it's a
> > > Windows tool, or a Linux tool) can help you administer databases
> > > which are not on the same computer (unless the mysql database on the
> > >
> > > providers server can be contacted from any machine and not just from
> > >
> > > "localhost").
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