2
I am connecting via ssh to a remote server, as follows:
ssh user@128.x.x.x
The process works fine as I have the password to get into the server I need to work with.
I wanted to set a name to the IP address, as I would like to make the process smoother and avoid typing and remembering the server IP every single time.
I have edited the /etc/hosts file adding the IP and linking to a new name, as follows (second row):
##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost
128.x.x.x newname
I have flushed the DNS cache with:
sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder; sleep 2; echo macOS DNS Cache Reset | say
And yet, when calling the ssh server from the terminal via this command:
ssh user@newname
The command does not work and shows the following error message:
ssh: connect to host newname port 22: Operation timed out
Any suggestion is welcomed thanks!
uomoz
Posted 2019-09-06T22:37:34.647
Reputation: 21
1Odd. What happens if you run
ping newname? Also, have you tried just closing and reopening a terminal window? – JakeGould – 2019-09-06T23:01:19.0271Consider using a Host entry in your ~/.ssh/config file instead. – MZB – 2019-09-07T00:18:50.437
Hi everyone and thanks for the answers
@JackGould I have tried closing and reopening the terminal, nothing changed so far. If I run
ping newnamethe following lines appear:PING newname (128.x.x.x): 56 data bytesRequest timeout for icmp_seq 0Request timeout for icmp_seq 1...@MZB I have deleted the
newnamelines from/etc/hosts, and I have created/edited a~/.ssh/configfile as follows:Host newnameHostName 128.x.x.xUser userI have flushed the cache, closed/reopened the terminal, still not working. Maybe a port or id_rsa (not using either of them)? – uomoz – 2019-09-09T18:59:32.907