Got it working. Thanks for your help! 1) login to B 2) setup a tunnel in the shell machine-B> ssh -L B_ip_address:B_port:C_ip_address:C_port u...@c_ip_address
for example: machine-B has ip 1.1.1.1 machine-C has ip 2.2.2.2 then I would type: machine-B> ssh -L 1.1.1.1:3307:2.2.2.2:3306 u...@2.2.2.2 now the code that is running on machine-A would use MySQLdb in the following way import MySQLdb connection = MySQLdb.connect (user='myname',passwd='mypass',db='mydb',host='1.1.1.1',port=3307) NOTE: the port is an integer, NOT a string On Jul 12, 9:18 pm, Riley Crane <vodkal...@gmail.com> wrote: > OVERVIEW: > I am running a script on one machine that connects to a MySQL database > on another machine that is outside of our university's domain. > According to the administrator, network policies do not allow the > compute nodes to access machines outside of our university's domain. > > COMPUTERS: > A = compute node within university (I do not have shell access) > B = 2nd machine within university that does not block outside > connections (I have root access) > C = machine outside of university (I have root access) > mysqldb on A cannot connect to C ....but..... > mysqldb on A can connect to B > > WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO: > Is it possible to set something up where A talks to a port on B, and > that port is actually nothing more than 3306 on C? Can I do this with > an SSH tunnel? > > Can anyone please give precise instructions? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list