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Old 07-30-2004, 09:49 AM   #1
soichih
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Need to specify the full URL path.. Why?


Hi. I am afraid if there is a similar question somewhere in this forum, but let me ask this question anyway...

Okay, I have my linux box in a coorporate LAN with the name of mybox.mycorp.com

When I want to access to anothebox.mycorp.com, I can do "ssh anotherbox.mycorp.com". However, if I try just "ssh anotherbox", I get an error message says, "unknown host anotherbox".

I know that if I go to another PC, I can just type "ssh mybox" to login to my box, so it seems like I am the only person who has to type all URL!!

Is there a configuration somewhere that I can fix this issue?

Currently I have following entries in the /etc/sysconfig/network file

NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=mybox
GATEWAY=60.28.72.33
DOMAINNAME=mycorp.com

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Old 07-30-2004, 10:54 AM   #2
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add an entry for the box in your local /etc/hosts file...

the format is two columns... ip and name... for example:

192.168.0.1 anotherbox1

192.168.0.2 anotherbox2



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Old 07-30-2004, 05:20 PM   #3
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Thank you for your reply.

Does it mean that if the IP of the "anotherbox" changes, then I have to manually modify the host file also??

I mean, if that's the only solution, then how come other box can access my box without the domain name nor listing my box's IP on THEIR /etc/hosts file?

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Old 07-31-2004, 08:37 AM   #4
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if you want to be able to do "ssh anotherbox" and have it automatically connect to anotherbox.mycorp.com (no matter what the ip is), then you probably only need to add a line like this to the /etc/resolv.conf file on the machine you're starting the connection from:

search mycorp.com

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