[Dorset] Can I use hostnames with ssh without editing /etc/hosts

2013-08-12 Thread JD
Thanks to several people who have given links for cross-compiling to a Pi, e.g. the toolchain and the Baking Pi tutorials. My problem is that I would like to use hostnames and not IP addresses when linking between 3 Linux computers that are just connected via my router. The router has the

Re: [Dorset] Can I use hostnames with ssh without editing /etc/hosts

2013-08-12 Thread Tim Allen
Hi John On 12/08/13 14:04, JD wrote: Thanks to several people who have given links for cross-compiling to a Pi, e.g. the toolchain and the Baking Pi tutorials. My problem is that I would like to use hostnames and not IP addresses when linking between 3 Linux computers that are just connected

Re: [Dorset] Can I use hostnames with ssh without editing /etc/hosts

2013-08-12 Thread Andrew
On 12/08/2013 14:04, JD wrote: My problem is that I would like to use hostnames and not IP addresses when linking between 3 Linux computers that are just connected via my router. The router has the correct hostname for each computer but I get a refusal if I try, say, jd@jd-Dimension-5000,

Re: [Dorset] Can I use hostnames with ssh without editing /etc/hosts

2013-08-12 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi John, The router has the correct hostname for each computer but I get a refusal if I try, say, jd@jd-Dimension-5000, whereas jd@192.168.1.5 works. By refusal do you mean connection refused? It would help us if you paste the shell line where you attempt it up to the next shell prompt.