How to login via SSH without writing the IP address? [duplicate]

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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?

Alex · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-17 11:21:24Z

up vote 7 down vote accepted

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.

answered Sep 17 '11 at 11:21

Alex
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You can also specify many other parameters --- read man ssh_config for more info – aland Sep 17 '11 at 11:58

reader_1000 · Answer 2 · 2011-09-17 11:12:36Z

up vote 3 down vote

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.

answered Sep 17 '11 at 11:12

reader_1000

migrated from stackoverflow.com Sep 17 '11 at 11:35