On Mon, 2010-09-13 at 14:54 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > On Mon, 2010-09-13 at 11:35 -0700, leonardevens wrote: > > Let me tell you what the source of my evolution problem was. My ISP, every > > once in a while, changed my ip address. When that happens, I have to tell > > my office computer about the change so that it will allow communication from > > my home machine. I do this by changing an alas entry in /etc/hosts and > > rebooting. I was convinced I had done this, but apparently I hadn't > > managed to accomplish the reboot. A friend examined my system and notice it > > hadn't been rebooted for over six weeks. So I rebooted, and then > > everything started working normally. > > I'd recommend just setting up an SSH port forward from your home machine > to your office machine using public/private keys. Then if the > connection gets broken [for example: your ISP changes your IP] the > connection will automatically get recreated. And you never need to > worry about it again. > > You can run ssh from inittab with an entry like - > L:235:respawn:/usr/bin/ssh -nNTx -L $LP:$RIP:$RP $u...@$host > - where LP = Local Port, RIP = Remote IP, $RP = Report Port
Thanks for the suggestion. I've been thinking of doing it, but the last time I tried it just to ssh between two computers on my local network, I found it a bit confusing. As soon as my mind is working right again, I will do as you suggest. > _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
