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Asked: 2014-01-16 09:42:30 +0800 CST

Use Nautilus to open an SSH connection using hostname

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I'm trying to SSH another machine on my LAN using the hostname because the local IP address gets re-assigned somewhat regularly (we have issues with our ISP and frequently have to reset our network).

I have a laptop with the login freedom@flex15 and currently local IP 192.168.1.11

and I have a desktop I am trying to connect to for file transfer with the login freedom@barton and local IP 192.168.1.153

I think I just need some formatting clarification on how to connect using hostname. All the guides I read say to use something like:

ssh://username@hostname

but if I try:

ssh://freedom@barton

I get this error:

Oops! Something went wrong.
Unable to find the requested location. Please check the spelling or the network settings.

However, when using:

ssh://[email protected]

It works fine. So I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong here because all the documentation says I can use ssh://hostname or ssh://username@hostname or something like that. It would be ideal to have some way to specific this machine that does not involve the IP address. Thank you.

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1 Answers

  1. "192.168.1.153" is a private ip address on a LAN.

    So, on the server (192.168.1.153) set a static ip address if you have not already.

    On the client, edit /etc/hosts 

    sudo nano /etc/hosts

    and add a line at the bottom -

    192.168.1.153 barton

    You should then be able to run ssh://freedom@barton

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