[CentOS] SSH hostname login

Sat Aug 13 17:41:49 UTC 2005
Maciej Żenczykowski <maze at cela.pl>

it's a private 192.168.*.* address - it'll never be available from the 
wide internet directly, unless port forwarding or something is used on the 
NAT...

MaZe.

On Sat, 13 Aug 2005, David Campbell wrote:

> and it will still not be available using the hostname from the internet
> without using a dns server and/or a service like dyndns.org or tzo.com ...
> the cost is about $30 or $40 per year per host name.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org]On
> Behalf Of Alexander Dalloz
> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 1:29 PM
> To: CentOS mailing list
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] SSH hostname login
>
>
> Am Sa, den 13.08.2005 schrieb Kai um 19:22:
>
>> I run CentOS 4.1 on a remote server and did a minimal installation. My
>> problem is that I can not login using the HOSTNAME, must use the IP.
>>
>> 1. edited the -  /etc/sysconfig/network
>> 2. changed  - HOSTNAME=a266
>> 3. restarted the network
>>
>> Looks ok, hostname appears when logged on via IP, but can't use the
>> HOSTNAME to log on from client.
>> ---
>> [kai at localhost ~]$ ssh a266
>> ssh: a266: Name or service not known
>> ---
>> [kai at localhost ~]$ ssh 192.168.0.101
>> kai at 192.168.0.101's password:
>> Last login: Sat Aug 13 17:13:09 2005 from 192.168.0.102
>> [kai at a266 ~]$
>> ---
>> I can't figure out where I missed out.
>>
>> kai
>
> In /etc/hosts on host 192.168.0.102 add a line
>
> 192.168.0.101          a266.<whatever your domain part is>   a266
>
> This said when not running an own DNS. If a name server for the own
> domain is running, then be sure /etc/resolv.conf has the "search" entry
> for the domain, to be able to reach the other host by short hostname.
>
> Alexander
>
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