i am connecting to one of my servers with ssh. I have to connect to it using the ip address. i used the following command at the command prompt to set up an alias for my server to connect to:

alias samba='ssh xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx'

after i type this i can then go to the command prompt and type samba and i will connect to my server through ssh.

the problem i am having is when i log off or reboot the alias is lost. i attempted to write a script to make sure each time i booted i could use the alias but i am a very new beginner at writing scripts

if somebody could show me how to write a script that would allow the alias to be used each time i boot into the machine i would appreciate it. thank you.

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did not realize that my friend, after i wrote it i figured it probably would be better off over here but wasnt sure how to delete it from the network forum.

Depending on what shell you are using you need to enter that into a file, such as .zlogin or .cshrc or whatever so that when you login it, it reads that file and creates aliases dynamically.