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Yes, just to expand on the above post, when you type
ssh PC2
from your Win98 box, it will try and look up the IP address of "PC2" from your DNS server. Obviously, a DNS server will not have an entry for PC2.
Therefore, you have to modify the hosts file on the Win98 box, (use Google to find out where the file is, I believe it is just called "hosts") and add an entry following the example they give.
Distribution: Just about anything... so long as it is Debain based.
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Rep:
You could also run your own internal DNS server, or if you are running samba, you can enable the WINS server option to help with this type of name resolution.
# Copyright (c) 1998 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP stack for Windows98
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host
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