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Possible Duplicate:
Connect to Linux by name rather than IP

When I login I always do:

ssh myuser@111.111.111.111

Is it possible to do something like: 

ssh myuser@server1

I would like to use a name, not an IP address, is it possible?

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Dail
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2 Answers2

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You can add a line to your ssh config file (often located at ~/.ssh/config):

Host server1
  HostName 111.111.111.111

This could be considered a little neater than editing the hosts file as it's user-specific.

Alex
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You can do that by adding the following line to the /etc/hosts

111.111.111.111 server1

below the line

127.0.0.1 localhost

You need to be root to be able to do that.