[NTLUG:Discuss] OpenSSH - Newbie Question

[Bobby Sanders]

I don't really know.  :(  

Two computers, compt1 and compt2.  On each machine these names is are
aliases for for 127.0.0.1 in /etc/hosts.

The computers are connected to a LinkSys router which connects to my
cable modem and assigns dynamically assigns IPs to the computers when
they connect to the router.

In view of your comments on ssh using host resolver code to find the IP
of a machine, I put the IP of my router as the 1st line
in /etc/resolv.conf.  Still no luck.

Bobby

On Wed, 2006-07-05 at 12:27 -0500, Wayne Walker wrote:
> Are you using something like dyndns.org to handle these machine-name->
> randomly-assigned-ips?  ssh uses the system host resolver code to find
> the IP for the machine to connect to.
> 
> On Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 12:04:18PM -0500, Bobby Sanders wrote:
> > I'm making my 1st run at using OpenSSH.  I have a router assigning IP
> > addresses to the various machines.  When I do:
> > 
> > ssh <remote machine name>
> > 
> > I get "ssh: <remote machine name>: Name or service not known"
> > 
> > When I do:
> > 
> > ssh <remote machine's current IP>
> > 
> > the first time, I get the expected message to authenticate, etc.
> > 
> > Can I use dynamically assigned IPs with OpenSSH and, if so, how.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance.
> > 
> > Bobby Sanders
> > 
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