[ubuntu-uk] mySQL over ssh tunnel?

[Lucy]

On 06/12/2007, Michael Holloway <michael at thedarkwinter.com> wrote:
> Thanks Lucy, but the problem is the slave is on managed server running
> mysql-server4... which doesn't support ssl (as far as i can tell).
> Hmm, Which raises a second query about whether replication between v4
> and v5 even works...???

Ah well, worth a try.

The manual suggests that it might be possible if the slave is running
an older version of MySQL than the master:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/replication-compatibility.html