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[ILUG] Forcing linux to resolve with ipv4 (openssh issue)

[ILUG] Forcing linux to resolve with ipv4 (openssh issue)

Proinnsias Breathnach proinnsias at linux.ie
Mon Sep 5 17:02:40 IST 2005


On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 02:29:17PM +0000, conor at discuskeeping.com wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> As it stands, RHEL3 uses 3.6xxx openssh, and the issue is :
> 
> 1. ssh FQDN works fine
> 2. ssh IPADDRESS works fine
> 3. ssh hostname has a delay of anything up to 1 minute.
One wonders how this differs from resolving the FQDN ... are there
nameserver issues here ? 

> 
> So, to resolve this I can either do
> 
> 1. "ssh  -4"

this would be the most elegant solution, which can be added to your bash
alias list ... alias ssh='ssh -4' ?

P



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