Your windows-based client never sees the files on the linux server. All the tunnel provides is the ability to treat port 3306 of your linux box as-if it was a port local to your windows system. It does not, can not make file access transparent across those systems.
On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 8:05 PM, Miguel González <miguel_3_gonza...@yahoo.es> wrote: > Dear all, > > Not sure if this the right mailing list address for asking this. > > Server running Centos and MySQL. > > Client is a windows xp machine. > > I have setup a SSH tunnel with putty and run mysql administrator. It > works fine with the root account. > > With a non-root account I get > > the server service or the configuration file could not be found. I can > log on but I can't see the databases that I should be allowed to see. > > Running a mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -u myuser -p mypassword from linux works > fine > > I have created a .my.cnf file in the home folder with 600 permissions in > the linux box and filled it with: > > [client] > > pass='mypass' > user=myuser > > Server configuration file is under /etc/my.cnf. > > What am I doing wrong? > > Regards, > > Miguel > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > -- - michael dykman - mdyk...@gmail.com May the Source be with you. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql
