On Sat, 2008-06-21 at 10:22 -0400, Rick Bilonick wrote: > [chippy@localhost ~]$ ssh server@localhost -p 5000 -v > OpenSSH_4.7p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8b 04 May 2006 > debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config > debug1: Applying options for * > debug1: Connecting to localhost [127.0.0.1] port 5000. > debug1: connect to address 127.0.0.1 port 5000: Connection refused > ssh: connect to host localhost port 5000: Connection refused > > I'm using "localhost" because I was following an example. I guess I > could substitute an IP for localhost. Isn't "localhost" just another > name for the local computer? So on the first use of ssh, localhost > refers to the server and on the second use of ssh, it refers to the > home computer. At least, that's what I believe. "localhost" is how a computer refers to itself. Just the same as a group of people in a room will all think of themselves as "myself" or "I". While correct, they could only ever converse about themselves, not anyone else in the room. Trying to network between different computers all going by the same hostname is going to twist your brain around in circles. If you do try "ssh server@localhost" you're going to try and connect to the SSH daemon on the same machine that you're typing on, which may or may not actually connect. But you're certainly not going to connect to another machine, using that address. If you don't have unique hostnames that are resolveable on your LAN (i.e. everyone knows the name and IP of *all* hosts on the LAN), then use numerical IP addresses. Again, don't fall down the "looking in the mirror" trap by trying to connect to 127.0.0.1. That's the numerical address for a machine to refer to itself. You're playing with the local loopback device. 127.0.0.1 is the traditional IP address for it, and localhost is the traditional hostname for it. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.25.6-55.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
