Configuring ssh in cygwin

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I am a newbie to cygwin, I am trying to configure ssh and was finally checking my connection, I am getting this message when I ssh:

Admin@admin-PC ~  
$ ssh localhost  
Last login: Thu Sep 17 15:06:15 2015 from: ::1

What does from: ::1 mean?

I am not getting my host name displayed there. The actual output must be something like Last login: Thu Sep 17 15:06:15 2015 from: ::admin-pc.

Why am I not getting this? Is there any error in my configuration?

Hemaa mathavan

Posted 2015-09-17T10:33:53.767

Reputation: 103

"The actual output must be something like Last login: Thu Sep 17 15: 06: 15 2015 from: ::admin-pc"; why do you need the output to be in that format? – bertieb – 2015-09-17T11:11:48.630

@bertieb the tutorial which i am going through for installing hadoop gives output similar to that. i am just checking my correctness to proceed with the tutorial – Hemaa mathavan – 2015-09-17T11:17:06.943

Answers

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what does "from ::1" mean?

::1 is the IPv6 equivalent of 127.0.0.1. Basically just localhost

td512

Posted 2015-09-17T10:33:53.767

Reputation: 4 778