Help with Linux Server Hacks book: Turbo-mode SSH logins
 

OUTSTANDING BOOK :study: if you guys haven't read it yet!!

However, I have a question.

pg 141 in the SSH chapter, with the ln -s ssh-to server1 command...

Works GREAT -if- the local user and the remote users are the same name. Otherwise it doesn't work.

e.g. I can't be logged in as tobe on server a, and then log in as othername on server b using this ssh-to trick.

Surely someone has found a solution?

Did you try specifying the user name like:

ssh username@server1

That DOES work.... however-

The shortcut that this page in this book was talking about a script that automatically executes

"ssh username@server1"

when you type just: "server1"

Doesn't work when your local username is different than remote username. But if it happens to be, it works SWEET.

It's a short one line script from that book. I can't remember exactly what it says, as I'm not at my linux machine :P

-T

Well you can do this another way. Just create aliases in your .bashrc (or whatever file sets aliases for your shell.)

examples:
alias server1="ssh userA@server1.com"
alias server2="ssh userB@server2.com"

I have about four of these aliases. Instead of 'server1' I just use the first letter of the server's name. They are all for different usernames.

Dang it. The answer's always right in front of me. an Alias. d'0h.

Thanks.. That'll work just fine!

T