On Sat, 26 Feb 2011 14:57:25 +0000, T o n g wrote: > using hostname for remote host NOK > > tong@coral:~$ ssh -C -A -X -p 21 -o > UserKnownHostsFile=/tmp/32083.tmpf.32124.uknf maroon -v OpenSSH_5.5p1 > Debian-4ubuntu4, OpenSSL 0.9.8o 01 Jun 2010 debug1: Reading > configuration data /home/tong/.ssh/config debug1: Reading > configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config debug1: Applying options for * > debug1: Connecting to maroon [::1] port 21. debug1: Connection > established. > . . . > > I.e., instead of connecting to remote host maroon, the ssh session > connected to my local host (coral) instead (using IPV6?). This is so > weird, I never see this before.
Found and fixed the problem: $ diff -wU 3 /etc/hosts~ /etc/hosts --- /etc/hosts~ 2011-02-16 22:13:00.000000000 -0500 +++ /etc/hosts 2011-03-02 21:57:11.000000000 -0500 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts # (added automatically by netbase upgrade) -::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback maroon.my.local.domain +::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes > . . . DNS name look up seems to be fine: > > tong@coral:~$ dig maroon > > ; <<>> DiG 9.7.1-P2 <<>> maroon > ;; global options: +cmd > ;; Got answer: > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 19913 ;; flags: qr > aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 > > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > ;maroon. IN A > > ;; ANSWER SECTION: > maroon. 0 IN A 192.168.2.100 > > ;; Query time: 0 msec > ;; SERVER: 192.168.2.100#53(192.168.2.100) ;; WHEN: Sat Feb 26 > 09:22:39 2011 > ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 40 > > tong@coral:~$ ping maroon > PING maroon.my.local.domain (192.168.2.100) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 > bytes from maroon.my.local.domain (192.168.2.100): icmp_req=1 ttl=64 > time=0.113 ms 64 bytes from maroon.my.local.domain (192.168.2.100): > icmp_req=2 ttl=64 time=0.147 ms ^C If I knew how to do IPV6 DNS query, I might have prevented the problem. So, how to do IPV6 DNS query? Thanks. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ikn1a9$9v$1...@dough.gmane.org