On Mon, 2 May 2011 14:29:21 +0100 Lisi <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Monday 02 May 2011 09:05:51 Jochen Schulz wrote: > > I know someone who absolutely despises of the > > idea that the hosts in his local network have hostnames. He likes IP > > addresses better. :) > > +1. Much easier to remember! It took me several years to be able to > remember > my computers' names without having to look them up.
FTR, for ssh I use 'Host nnnn' and 'HostName mmmm' lines in the ssh config, in order to use nicknames for the hosts (especially helpful for accessing hosts not on the LAN, such as somename.dyndns.com). Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110502202603.067f9f90.cele...@gmail.com
