Re: open ssh

2019-10-13 Thread George N. White III
On Sat, 12 Oct 2019 at 15:49, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 10/12/19 7:25 AM, Angelo Moreschini wrote: > > /Thank you for your answers which provided me with useful basics on how > > Linux establishes DNS./ > > > > /However, even reading other documentation, I am still not clear what > > mechanisms

Re: open ssh

2019-10-13 Thread Tim via users
On Sat, 2019-10-12 at 11:48 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > You would only setup bind if you want to use a full domain setup on > your local network. Most people have no need of this. There are other benefits. Learning DNS (if that's good for you). Working around lousy DNS servers from your ISP.

Re: open ssh

2019-10-12 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/13/19 5:53 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: On Sat, 12 Oct 2019 22:48:19 +0100 Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: And that the file /etc/nssswitch.conf contains a line similar to: Just be aware that file is overwritten by authselect with whatever values will cause the most headaches :-). Would "chattr

Re: open ssh

2019-10-12 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 10/12/19 2:50 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 10/13/19 2:48 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote: Summary: In a default setup, host name resolution is, in order of priority: /etc/hosts/, mdns, and dns. The order is controlled by the contents of /etc/nsswitch.conf.  The defaults are as discribed. I was

Re: open ssh

2019-10-12 Thread Tom Horsley
On Sat, 12 Oct 2019 22:48:19 +0100 Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > And that the file /etc/nssswitch.conf contains a line similar to: Just be aware that file is overwritten by authselect with whatever values will cause the most headaches :-). ___ users

Re: open ssh

2019-10-12 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/13/19 2:48 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote: Just a couple of comments Summary: In a default setup, host name resolution is, in order of priority: /etc/hosts/,  mdns, and dns. The order is controlled by the contents of /etc/nsswitch.conf.  The defaults are as discribed. You probably don't want

Re: open ssh

2019-10-12 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2019-10-12 at 11:48 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > The easiest method is to use mdns, otherwise known as Bonjour on Macs > and probably some other names. Use "hostnamectl set-hostname myname" to > set a unique name on each computer. Make sure "avahi-daemon" is running > (should be).

Re: open ssh

2019-10-12 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 10/12/19 7:25 AM, Angelo Moreschini wrote: /Thank you for your answers which provided me with useful basics on how Linux establishes DNS./ /However, even reading other documentation, I am still not clear what mechanisms for which a computer becomes accessible in the LAN through its name:/

Re: open ssh

2019-10-12 Thread Angelo Moreschini
ote: > > On 10/4/19 6:35 AM, George N. White III wrote: > >> On Fri, 4 Oct 2019 at 06:41, Angelo Moreschini < > mrangelo.fed...@gmail.com <mailto:mrangelo.fed...@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> currently I perform operation

Re: open ssh

2019-10-05 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/5/19 3:56 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 10/4/19 6:35 AM, George N. White III wrote: On Fri, 4 Oct 2019 at 06:41, Angelo Moreschini mailto:mrangelo.fed...@gmail.com>> wrote:     currently I perform operations between different computers in my     local network using open SSH; however

Re: open ssh

2019-10-04 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 10/4/19 6:35 AM, George N. White III wrote: On Fri, 4 Oct 2019 at 06:41, Angelo Moreschini mailto:mrangelo.fed...@gmail.com>> wrote: currently I perform operations between different computers in my local network using open SSH; however, when I do this, I alwa

Re: open ssh

2019-10-04 Thread Fred Smith
On Fri, Oct 04, 2019 at 09:15:06AM -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Fri, 4 Oct 2019 12:40:58 +0300 > Angelo Moreschini wrote: > > > Do I have to Installase BIND? And then what else is needed? ... > > My router can run a DNS name server, you might want to check > if yours has that feature.

Re: open ssh

2019-10-04 Thread George N. White III
On Fri, 4 Oct 2019 at 06:41, Angelo Moreschini wrote: > > > currently I perform operations between different computers in my local > network using open SSH; however, when I do this, I always use the > computer's IP number to reference the host. (ex: sudo ssh > angelo_dev@

Re: open ssh

2019-10-04 Thread Tom Horsley
On Fri, 4 Oct 2019 12:40:58 +0300 Angelo Moreschini wrote: > Do I have to Installase BIND? And then what else is needed? ... My router can run a DNS name server, you might want to check if yours has that feature. Otherwise running bind or dnsmasq somewhere on the local network would be the way

Re: open ssh

2019-10-04 Thread Frederic Muller
On 10/4/19 4:40 PM, Angelo Moreschini wrote: > > > currently I perform operations between different computers in my local > network using open SSH; however, when I do this, I always use the > computer's IP number to reference the host. (ex: sudo ssh > angelo_dev@10.0.0.15

Re: open ssh

2019-10-04 Thread GianPiero Puccioni
On 04/10/2019 11:40, Angelo Moreschini wrote: currently I perform operations between different computers in my local network using open SSH; however, when I do this, I always use the computer's IP number to reference the host. (ex: sudo ssh angelo_dev@10.0.0.15 <mailto:angelo_dev@10.0.0

open ssh

2019-10-04 Thread Angelo Moreschini
currently I perform operations between different computers in my local network using open SSH; however, when I do this, I always use the computer's IP number to reference the host. (ex: sudo ssh angelo_dev@10.0.0.15) I'm wondering without yet finding an answer how to do the same thing using