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Am 16.07.2015 um 14:02 schrieb Rowland Penny: > /etc/hosts should be: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost uhm no - you want 127.0.0.1 normally resolved to localhost and hence 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 181 bytes

...hence >> 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain > > Ah NO, only if you are using a brain dead OS like red-hat :-) > > From 'man hosts' > > For each host a single line should be present with the following > information: > > IP_address canonical_hostname [aliases...] > > Optional aliases provide for name changes, alternate spellings, shorter > hostnames, or generic hostnames (for example, localhost) you quote exactly what i said gethostbyaddr will answer the canonical_hostname and not a random alias the real name for 127.0.0.1 is a...

Hai James, .. > > I think the wiki is correct but see comment below. > > I don't believe islanding to be a big concern either but what about > the possibility of a "race condition" between DNS and AD? In a Microsoft > environment, AD has the possibility of starting first before DNS has > started. This of course creates failure in name resolution during

...; >>> Ah NO, only if you are using a brain dead OS like red-hat :-) >>> >>> From 'man hosts' >>> >>> For each host a single line should be present with the following >>> information: >>> >>> IP_address canonical_hostname [aliases...] >>> >>> Optional aliases provide for name changes, alternate spellings, shorter >>> hostnames, or generic hostnames (for example, localhost) >>> >> you quote exactly what i said >> gethostbyaddr will answer the canonical_hostname an...

...t.localdomain >>> >> >> Ah NO, only if you are using a brain dead OS like red-hat :-) >> >> From 'man hosts' >> >> For each host a single line should be present with the following >> information: >> >> IP_address canonical_hostname [aliases...] >> >> Optional aliases provide for name changes, alternate spellings, shorter >> hostnames, or generic hostnames (for example, localhost) >> > > you quote exactly what i said > gethostbyaddr will answer the canonical_hostname and not a random alia...

...sa.c *** openssh-2.1.1p4.orig/auth-rh-rsa.c Thu Jun 22 12:32:31 2000 --- openssh-2.1.1p4/auth-rh-rsa.c Fri Aug 4 10:25:55 2000 *************** *** 47,53 **** return 0; /* Check if we would accept it using rhosts authentication. */ ! if (!auth_rhosts(pw, client_user)) return 0; canonical_hostname = get_canonical_hostname(); --- 47,54 ---- return 0; /* Check if we would accept it using rhosts authentication. */ ! /* But not if we're doing RSA host/other authentication. */ ! if (!options.rsa_host_other_authentication && !auth_rhosts(pw, client_user)) return 0;...

...f you are using a brain dead OS like red-hat :-) >>>> >>>> From 'man hosts' >>>> >>>> For each host a single line should be present with the following >>>> information: >>>> >>>> IP_address canonical_hostname [aliases...] >>>> >>>> Optional aliases provide for name changes, alternate spellings, shorter >>>> hostnames, or generic hostnames (for example, localhost) >>>> >>>> you quote exactly what i said >>> gethostbyaddr will ans...

...osts file, which I did, no change. Here is my /etc/hosts file: jserinki7 jserink # cat /etc/hosts # /etc/hosts: Local Host Database # # This file describes a number of aliases-to-address mappings for the for # local hosts that share this file. # # The format of lines in this file is: # # IP_ADDRESS canonical_hostname [aliases...] # #The fields can be separated by any number of spaces or tabs. # # In the presence of the domain name service or NIS, this file may not be # consulted at all; see /etc/host.conf for the resolution order. # # IPv4 and IPv6 localhost aliases 127.0.0.1 localhost ::1 localhost 192.168.1...

Hi. To compartmentalize things a bit (e.g., to help limit the damage should one of my machines be hacked and my private RSA keys stolen) I use different RSA key pairs on my different client machines. So it occurs to me that it would be nice if ssh could log which key was used when logging in to a particular account that has more than one entry in .ssh/authorized_keys. Right now it simply says

Can someone with far more knowledge than me help here? I have a co-worker with a question; " Where should i set the server's hostname? There seems to be multiple places and i don't understand the differences. 1. # hostname mailserver.mydomain.com 2. # echo "127.0.0.1 mailserver mailserver.mydomain.com">>/etc/hosts 3. # vi /etc/sysconfig/network, add