SSH port forwarding (SQLYog Tunnel)

[mastorna]

I'm running CentOS 4.3 and ISPConfig 2.2 with OpenSSH 0.9.7a. I'm able to login via putty on windows to my linux box and login to mysql. I would like to use SQLyog Enterprise to create a SSH tunnel to mysql, however, when I attempt to do this, I get the following error in sqlyog:

"Could not establish SSH connection. Make sure tha tthe SSh server is running and you are entering correct values for SSH port forwarding".

In order to create the tunnel, i need to supply

1. ssh user name
2. ssh password
3. ssh host
4. ssh port
5. local port

i used the same login credentials for putty.

Any idea on how to get the tunnel working?