Is there a place I can put host names so that I don't have to type in IP addresses for scp, etc? Thanks.
Stephen
retcynnm
12-28-2005, 02:28 PM
Entries into /etc/hosts, in the expected format of:
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx mycomputer.fqdn.com mycomputer
should do the trick for you.
edit: Of course, substitute xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx with the IP address of the server you want to connect to, and mycomputer.fqdn.com with the name of the same computer.
TrumpetPower!
12-28-2005, 02:41 PM
Um...am I missing something? What's worng with /etc/hosts itself? Works for me.
Cheers,
b&
Stephen-I-am
12-28-2005, 02:45 PM
Um...am I missing something? What's worng with /etc/hosts itself? Works for me.
Cheers,
b&
I just didn't know that it was done the same thing on macs.
Stephen
TrumpetPower!
12-28-2005, 03:45 PM
I just didn't know that it was done the same thing on macs.
Stephen
Ah. No problem.
In that case, you probably don't (yet) realize that OS X is a complete BSD Unix. Everything you already know about Unix applies--with the usual caveat that, like every OS, it has its own quirks.
And, while the manual pages aren't quite as good as what you get with OpenBSD, they're still far better than what you get with Linux. If your Unix experience is mostly Linux, you'll be pleasantly surprised to learn that ``RTFM'' actually is good, useful advice on OS X. Well, most of the time, anyway.
Cheers,
b&
giskard22
12-28-2005, 05:31 PM
If you make changes to /etc/hosts, when will they be recognized? (10.4)
trevor
12-28-2005, 06:42 PM
If you make changes to /etc/hosts, when will they be recognized? (10.4)
Immediately, as long as "FF" is in your lookup order.
In Terminal, type
lookupd -configuration
Look for the section similar to
LookupOrder: Cache NI FF DNS NIL
TimeToLive: 300
ValidateCache: NO
_config_name: Host Configuration
That "LookupOrder" is the order that hosts are looked up on your system. Cache is the cache (obviously), NI is the NetInfo database, FF is the flat file (in other words the /etc/hosts file), DNS is the external DNS server whose IP address is in /etc/resolv.conf, and NIL is what to do as a fallback when other methods have failed (more information) (http://www.stepwise.com/Articles/Technical/Lookupd.html).
Trevor
navaho
12-28-2005, 08:56 PM
If you make changes to /etc/hosts, when will they be recognized? (10.4)
You can pretty much make sure your change is recognised by doing -
lookupd -flushcache
in the console after editing /etc/hosts
hayne
12-28-2005, 10:20 PM
If you make changes to /etc/hosts, when will they be recognized? (10.4)
See the results of my quick experiments in this other thread:
http://forums.macosxhints.com/showpost.php?p=246266&postcount=4
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