David C. Rankin pecked at the keyboard and wrote: > Aaron Kulkis wrote: >> David C. Rankin wrote: >>> Listmates, >>> >>> How do you tell ssh to log in as machine x.y.z? With bind running >>> a single machine may be known as: >>> >>> ftp.domain.com >>> mail.domain.com >>> machinename.domain.com >>> www.domain.com >>> >>> When using ssh outbound from that box, how do you tell it to ssh >>> as machinename.domain.com and not mail.domain.com? >> >> wow... that might require /etc/hostfile entries. >> >> >> > DNS is on the same box, and there is an entry in /etc/hosts >
Doesn't matter unless it also provides DNS to the internet for this box. Otherwise it only supplies info to your local network. -- Ken Schneider SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
