On 18 Feb 2004, Jacob S. wrote: > [snip]
> In your case, you want hostname -f to resolve to > arcadia.acampbell.org.uk and mimosas.acampbell.org.uk. (Then, of course, > you still have to have dns setup to point to the appropriate IP for each > of those machines or you won't be able to ssh to them from the internet. > Assuming that's your goal.) > > HTH, > Jacob > > ----- I am indeed grateful to everyone for help with this. Following suggestions received so far I've tried (for this computer) setting my hostname to arcadia.acampbell.org.uk and putting the following in /etc/hosts: >-------cut----------------- 127.0.0.1 acampbell.org.uk localhost ac arcadia.acampbell.org.uk accampbell.uklinux.net # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts # (added automatically by netbase upgrade) ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters ff02::3 ip6-allhosts >--------------cut------------- I'm not sure that the first line is right - any corrections please? Related question to start of this thread: is ssh what I need? The situation is that I have two computers (desktop and notebook) connected to the router and accessing the Internet independently. I want to be able to exchange files between them. (Email would do at a pinch but I can't see how to do that either.) Anthony -- [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]
