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>> > I presume that there is an attempt to do a DNS lookup. My host.conf >> > file specifies: >> > order hosts, bind >> >> Sounds a reasonable assumption. To test it, put an entry in /etc/hosts >> for the machine you're ssh'ing from. >> Not sure I understand. My present hosts file is: # Do not remove the following line, or various programs # that require network functionality will fail. 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 192.168.1.1 sage.my.home sage 192.168.1.2 bigdog.my.home bigdog 192.168.1.3 chickie.my.home chickie 129.78.136.1 janus.law.usyd.edu.au janus Shouldn't that do the trick? -- ------------------------------------------------------ Alan L Tyree [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.law.usyd.edu.au/~alant Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 419 638 170 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
