Philipp Tölke wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>
>>>Or use the ssh tunneling feature to tunnel port 3306 to your own
>>>computer.
>>>
>>
>>MySQL would still have to be configured to listen to the port - and most
>>shared hosts do not allow it. They only allow socket access - and
>>tunneling can't access the socket.
>
>
> Uh, yes you are right there.
>
> I just knew I used that feature -- but that was on a root-server I had.
> There of course I was free to puncture the security all I liked. ;-)
>
> Sorry,

Yep, I've got it on my vps's. Normally I keep it turned off - but when
I need it it's an easy change and restart of MySQL.

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