Re: newbie: ssh, dns

[Charles Goyard <charles.goyard@laposte.net>]

Arkadiusz Miskiewicz a écrit :
> On/Dnia Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 04:08:40PM +0100, Charles Goyard wrote/napisa³(a)
> > Let's try (my sshd runs with the -6 switch, remember ?) :
> > ~$ ssh ip6-localhost
> > ssh: ip6-localhost: Name or service not known
> because your openssh is compiled with:
> 	--with-ipv4-default
> and it's using AF_INET in getaddrinfo() calls (instead AF_UNSPEC) so:
> 
> [misiek@arm misiek]$ ssh ipv6-localhost
> Last login: Thu Mar  1 16:13:56 2001 from ipv6-localhost
> 
> (openssh without that v4 option)

My OpenSSH is the default binary package that comes with Debian. I
didn't know it has been compiled with that option. I guess IPv4-only
boxes won't run OpenSSH without it.

(and guess what, I'm a IPv6 newbie, too)

Thanks, I may consider recompiling the package.

-- 
Charles