MySQL Admin via SSH Tunnel
Lets create a ssh tunnel into our remote server so that we can connect MySQL Administrator. This will trick MySQL Administrator into thinking that it has a local connection to the remote machine when it doesn’t. This is great for getting around having only local MySQL access rights while trying to login from a remote […]
In: Server Config, Ubuntu Tricks, Web Development · Tagged with: MySQL Administrator, ssh
Can’t Access Github behind proxy or Firewall
Use corkscrew to get through the firewall. You will have to install it from source. website: http://www.agroman.net/corkscrew/ Now edit your ~/.ssh/config file, create it if you haven’t got one. > cat ~/.ssh/config Host gitproxy User git Hostname ssh.github.com Port 443 ProxyCommand /usr/local/bin/corkscrew proxy.example.com 3128 %h %p IdentityFile /home/jordan/.ssh/id_rsa Now use this proxy when cloning git
In: Server Config, Ubuntu Tricks, Web Development · Tagged with: corkscrew, git, github.com, http proxy, ssh
Open remote application window over ssh – X11
You left the office but forgot to leave an application running. An application that requires it’s GUI, you try to open it via ssh but “Error: Can’t open display” prevents you. Simple fix here, you will kick yourself. DISPLAY=:0 <command> for me this translated into DISPLAY=:0 transmission What this does is instruct the application to […]
In: Ubuntu Tricks · Tagged with: remote, ssh, sshd, x11
