Since I don't use Slackware regularly, I wanted to confirm that ssh'ing between two different slackware versions can be done. So I used docker compose to create two separate docker containers: one running slackware 14.2 and the other running slackware 15.0.
Here are my notes as a GitHub gist: https://gist.github.com/rwcitek/24e0a108e4cc251a60119b581706368b I ran this in a GitHub Codespace and on my local system. In both environments, ssh'ing between them worked just fine. Regards, - Robert On Thu, Dec 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM Russell Senior <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 12/11/25 08:39, Rich Shepard wrote: > > On Wed, 10 Dec 2025, Russell Senior wrote: > > > >> ( hostname && ip a && ping -c1 salmo && ip n ) > > >> /tmp/caddis-to-salmo.txt > > > > caddis.appl-ecosys.com > > 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN > > group default qlen 1000 > > link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 > > inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo > > valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever > > inet6 ::1/128 scope host > > valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever > > 2: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP > > group default qlen 1000 > > link/ether a4:4e:31:a3:05:58 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > > inet 192.168.55.111/24 brd 192.168.55.255 scope global dynamic > > noprefixroute wlan0 > > valid_lft 85900sec preferred_lft 85900sec > > inet6 fe80::5747:a646:5cd8:a346/64 scope link noprefixroute > > valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever > > 3: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast > > state UP group default qlen 1000 > > link/ether 28:d2:44:2e:b4:62 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > > inet 192.168.55.112/24 brd 192.168.55.255 scope global dynamic > > noprefixroute eth0 > > valid_lft 85899sec preferred_lft 85899sec > > inet6 fe80::73b6:7e97:9b2c:1f06/64 scope link noprefixroute > > valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever > > PING salmo.appl-ecosys.com (192.168.55.1) 56(84) bytes of data. > > 64 bytes from salmo.appl-ecosys.com (192.168.55.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 > > time=0.830 ms > > > > --- salmo.appl-ecosys.com ping statistics --- > > 1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms > > rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.830/0.830/0.830/0.000 ms > > 192.168.55.4 dev eth0 lladdr 74:83:c2:49:2b:61 STALE 192.168.55.1 dev > > eth0 lladdr 0c:9d:92:83:6e:27 REACHABLE fe80::218:aff:fe36:6a56 dev > > wlan0 lladdr 00:18:0a:36:6a:56 router STALE fe80::218:aff:fe36:6a56 > > dev eth0 lladdr 00:18:0a:36:6a:56 router STALE > > > > Rich > > Okay, now do the equivalent from the other side: > > ( hostname && ip a && ping -c1 caddis && ip n ) > > /tmp/salmo-to-caddis.txt > > -- > Russell > > >
