ssh: no address associated with nodename

garyozzy · 09-13-2006, 08:54 PM

ok, so i've been following this tutorial:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/...ation_with_ssh

and i got to:

Quote:

2) Copy the public key to the server (you will need to enter the password):
cat ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub | ssh user@server "cat - >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys"

and here is my terminal output:

Code:

mactop:~ garyoe$ cat ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub | ssh server@debian "cat - >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys"
ssh: debian: No address associated with nodename
mactop:~ garyoe$

server runs debian 3.1
client runs mac os 10.4.7

gilead · 09-13-2006, 09:17 PM

If debian is the hostname of the SSH server, have you tried the fully qualified domain name? For example:

Code:

cat ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub | ssh steve@debian.mydomain.com "cat - >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys"

garyozzy · 09-14-2006, 05:52 AM

i believe debian is hte hostname, as I just installed, but i don't know the whole hostname. is there an easy way to find this out?

unSpawn · 09-14-2006, 05:58 AM

If these boxen are on the same network then "hostname -f" on the box you're on should show the fully qualified domainname.

garyozzy · 09-14-2006, 02:12 PM

Code:

hostname -f
localhost.localdomain

i don't think this is what i want

gilead · 09-14-2006, 02:43 PM

Definitely not - it sounds like your host info hasn't been configured. If you know the IP address of the box you can use it instead, but I'd also recommend checking your host name setup.

unSpawn · 09-14-2006, 05:00 PM

Yeah. Pretty useless, that.

garyozzy · 09-14-2006, 06:12 PM

how do i find my local ip?

unSpawn · 09-14-2006, 06:26 PM

Try "hostname -i" if the box is properly configured.

garyozzy · 09-14-2006, 07:35 PM

i got my loopback address, so it obviously isn't

how can i properly configure my box

gilead · 09-15-2006, 01:18 AM

I'm pretty sure that Ubuntu comes with a GUI for network config. You may get more info if you ask a moderator to move this into a Ubuntu forum.

garyozzy · 09-15-2006, 05:53 AM

i'm not running ubuntu - i'm running debian. i don't have a working gui - x crashes whenever i start it. i don't really need one, i want this machine to eventually run without a monitor

gilead · 09-15-2006, 06:02 AM

Sorry about that - I was reading posts from 2 different forums earlier...

Have you seen the docs at http://www.aboutdebian.com/network.htm? They should cover setting up the network - although Debian probably has scripts to cut down on the manual editing.

garyozzy · 09-15-2006, 02:34 PM

woo! ifconfig gave me my local ip and it worked!

thanks

garyozzy · 09-17-2006, 02:38 PM

i got it working! thanks