ssh'ing to hostname

hagbardc · 06-21-2003, 01:29 AM

I just set up a second computer in my LAN with Mandrake, and now I want to ssh between the two machines. ssh'ing to the internal ip adress (192.168.1.xxx) is working fine, but I want to just be able to ssh hostname1 . Any help on how to do that?

Thanks very much

Cerbere · 06-21-2003, 01:49 AM

On each machine, you need to add an entry to the /etc/hosts file, stating the IP address and hostname of the other machine.

For example, if you have one box with hostname machine1, which has IP 192.168.1.1; and a second box with hostname machine2 and IP 192.168.1.2; then you need to add:

192.168.1.2 machine2

to the /etc/hosts file on machine1, and add:

192.168.1.1 machine1

to the /etc/hosts file on machine1.

Enjoy!

-- Cerbere

footfrisbee · 06-21-2003, 01:50 AM

Add the second computer to your /etc/hosts file. Just add

192.168.1.xxx hostname1.local.net hostname1

and you'll be in business.

footfrisbee · 06-21-2003, 01:50 AM

Woops, I wasn't fast enough!

hagbardc · 06-21-2003, 10:20 AM

Great - that worked. Thanks a lot, guys!