I will look into using /etc/hosts. I can not use /etc/resolv.conf since it is overwritten by DHCP and I want it that way (for now). Thank you. On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:43:11 -0700 (PDT), "Mike Leo" <mleo963@yahoo.com> said:
oops! thanks for the correction
----- Original Message ---- From: Eric Martin <freak4uxxx@gmail.com> To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug@mail.wlug.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 8:23:14 AM Subject: Re: [Wlug] Accessing Host Names
Mike Leo wrote:
if you add the raw IP and host name to /etc/resolv.conf (or on windows c:\windows\system32\etc\hosts) you can then access via names
----- Original Message ---- From: "kstratton@fastmail.us" <kstratton@fastmail.us> To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug@mail.wlug.org>; Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug@mail.wlug.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 7:56:04 AM Subject: [Wlug] Accessing Host Names
I am trying to access the use SSH using host names instead of using the raw IP address. I am currently using DCHP to connect to an inexpensive Linksys router and I can see the host names and their IP address when I view the connections list.
If the machine name (ie CLYDE) is not the host name, please correct me.
Is there some way to extract this information? If so, how? Do I need to run bind to be able to use the host names in place of IP addresses?
Any help would be appreciated.
/etc/resolv.conf is the ips of your name servers. You want to add info to /etc/hosts
basically add something like
192.168.0.100 my-ssh-server <other name for it if you want>
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