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 > > > -- > Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG http://pgp.mit.edu 0xB366A773 > legal statement: http://www.uni-x.org/legal.html > Fedora Core 2 GNU/Linux on Athlon with kernel 2.6.11-1.35_FC2smp > Serendipity 19:26:33 up 5 days, 5:15, load average: 0.14, 0.29, 0.33 > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >