[TAG] ssh on debian

[Benjamin A. Okopnik]

On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 12:18:47PM -0700, Mike Orr wrote:
> Benjamin A. Okopnik wrote:
> 
> >On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 04:32:19PM +0200, SYNSPACE - Stephan Hostie wrote:
> > 
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>I installed OpenSSH on my debian sarge machine to secure outside 
> >>connection (via putty, no root login).
> >>But now, I cannot run some simple things that I should need.
> >>One is MySQL scripts or Java programs remotely from another machine. To 
> >>   
> >>
> >                                       ^^^^^^^^
> >
> > 
> >
> >>test what's happening (local php runs nice), i tried according to the 
> >>MySQL book if 'telnet localhost 3306' is running. This only tells me, 
> >>   
> >>
> >                       ^^^^^^^^^
> >
> >Seems to me that you've described the problem yourself. If you're trying
> >to find out whether there's anything listening on port 3306 on a
> >_remote_ machine, why would you telnet to that port on your _local_
> >host? 
> >
> 
> 
> I'm sure you didn't mean to berate him like that.  Maybe he doesn't know 
> a computer has at least two interfaces. 

[blink] "Berate"? Mike, I think you've been reading too many
dictionaries lately. That, or you've taken a course in misinterpretation
and passed with high marks. I was not berating anyone, simply pointing
out a misconception on the querent's part.


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