On 18 Feb 2004, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > On 2004-02-18, Anthony Campbell penned: > > I'm trying to run ssh between two computers but I get: > > > > "connect to host port 22: Connection refused." > > > > I have portmapper turned off for security, but is it essential for > > ssh? > > I don't know about this one, but I don't think so? > > > Also, what is the hostname I have to supply? The FQDN seems to be > > acampbell.org.uk but this is the same for both computers, which > > doesn't seem to be right. > > Two machines should not resolve to the same FQDN. > > -- > monique >
Can you enlarge on this? One computer, hostname arcadia, resolves to arcadia and (with hostname -f) to acampbell.org.uk. The other, hostname mimosas, resolves to mimosas and (with -f) to acampbell.org.uk. So is something misconfigured? AC -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] || http://www.acampbell.org.uk using Linux GNU/Debian || for book reviews, electronic Windows-free zone || books and skeptical articles -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]