$ sudo route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface default _gateway 0.0.0.0 UG 100 0 0 enp0s31f6 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 100 0 0 enp0s31f6
route isn't ipv6 On lun., 2026-07-06 at 10:52 +0200, jean-christophe wrote: > use correct route > > On lun., 2026-07-06 at 10:50 +0200, jean-christophe wrote: > > > > > > On lun., 2026-07-06 at 08:53 +0100, Chris Green wrote: > > > Joe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Sun, 5 Jul 2026 20:19:12 +0100 > > > > Chris Green <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > This isn't a problem as such but I don't understand why it's > > > > > happening > > > > > and I'd like to understand. > > > > > > > > > > I have a VPS called isbd.biz and I access it using ssh. My > > > > > user > > > > > account on both my local machine (desktop and laptop) is > > > > > 'chris' > > > > > and > > > > > my user account on isbd.biz is also 'chris'. > > > > > > > > > > I have account 'chris' on isbd.biz set up to allow login only > > > > > using > > > > > public key authentication. > > > > > > > > > > The ip address of isbd.biz is 213.171.194.64. > > > > > > > > > > If I log in with 'ssh 213.171.194.64' I, correctly, get > > > > > prompted > > > > > for > > > > > my local system's public key passphrase and I can log in > > > > > successfully. > > > > > > > > > > However if I try 'ssh isbd.biz' I get prompted for > > > > > "[email protected]'s > > > > > password" which doesn't exist and I can't log in. > > > > > > > > > > 'host isbd.biz' returns the correct IP address for isbd.biz > > > > > so > > > > > why > > > > > does ssh not work using the name rather than the IP address? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Could the issue be that technically isbd.biz is a domain name > > > > and > > > > not a > > > > hostname? That ssh is trying to log you into a network account > > > > rather > > > > than a particular computer, and is using the only name it knows > > > > you > > > > by? > > > > > > > It's a single host at that address/domain. As I said it's a VPS > > > and > > > the isbd.biz domain is mine and has A and AAAA records pointing > > > solely > > > at the VPS. > > > > may be you add ipv6 in A records > > > > > > > > As pointed out elsewhere the issue is caused by isbd.biz having > > > an > > > IPV6 address as well as an IPV4 one.
