On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, Sebastian Zimmermann wrote:
> On the client, as root, type
> hostname turina.us.es
> This will set the systems hostname to the FQDN. Most systems only use
> the short nickname as hostname. Hostbased authentication under ssh2 does
> not work in that case.
> Try connecting again. If this works, we found the problem.
Thanks a lot. It worked like a charm. I hope it does not break other
things (I am thinking about NQS(a queueing system)).
For HP-UX 10.20 you need to change /etc/rc.config.d/netconf.
>
> There are two general options:
> Either you modify the client to always use the long FQDN or you modify
> the server to use the short nickname.
> You could either do this by manipulating the DNS accordingly (using the
> hosts file, for example) or by editing the source code of ssh2.
> I prefer the option using FQDN on both sides.
> If you have root access to all clients, you could set the hostname to
> the FQDN on all machines:
>
> In /sbin/init.d/boot
> change
> test -n "$FQHOSTNAME" && hostname ${FQHOSTNAME%%.*}
> to
> test -n "$FQHOSTNAME" && hostname $FQHOSTNAME
>
> Or you could modify the source of the client:
> The function ssh_tcp_get_host_name() in sshunixtcp.c should be modified
> to always
> return the FQDN regardless of the used settings for hostname.
>
> Last option: just switch to ssh1. It will work fine the way it is.
>
> Sebastian Zimmermann
>
>
> > I have installed Category: SSH version 2 Release: 2.1 noncommercial on
> > two different machines. One running Linux 2.2.12 and the other HP-UX
> > 10.2. I have chosen hostbased and I have followend all the steps in the
> > FAQ. I also have search the mailing list but I have not found an answer.
> > I still cannot connect without a password.
> > sshd2[14182]: Client gave us a hostname ('turina.') which doesn't match
> > the one we got from DNS ('turina.us.es.')
>
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