Re: Bad host name error

From: Jeff Dickison (kabal_at_undercoverworld.com)
Date: 05/24/03

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    Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 14:12:45 -0700
To: Anne Marie Pemberton <apembert@hq.nasa.gov>

    Anne Marie Pemberton wrote:

    >Hello, I thought I had ssh configured correctly, but when I go to connect to a
    >host, I received the message:
    >
    >SSH Version 1.2.26 [sparc-sun-solaris2.8], protocol version 1.5.
    >Standard version. Does not use RSAREF.
    >jasmine: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
    >jasmine: ssh_connect: getuid 100 geteuid 0 anon 0
    >Bad host name: "servername"
    >
    >When I enter it's IP address, it works just fine.
    >
    >In sshd_config, there are IP addresses for the hosts in Allow Hosts.
    >
    >I've looked into ssh_config and compared it with other systems, and each line
    >looks the same.
    >I've also checked /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/defaultrouter and they contain the
    >information that they should.
    >
    >Any ideas, what have I done wrong? I've looked into O'Reilly's SSH book but the
    >error I'm getting isn't covered in Problems and Solutions.
    >
    >Anne Pemberton
    >NASA HQ
    >
    >
    >
    >
    Hi Anne,

    You might want to check to make sure that the machine in question is
    resolving properly. Does 'host servername' return the correct IP? Also
    does 'host IP' return the proper hostname?

    HtH,
    Jeff

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