2009/6/11 gmspro <gmspro@xxxxxxxxx>: > >> Is your username on the machine you are ssh'ing from the >> same as your >> username on the machine you are ssh'ing to? > > Never, usernames are different. Well that is why "ssh -l abc ipaddress" and "ssh abc@ipaddress" work for you, but "ssh ipaddress" won't. You are trying to login to your remote machine with the username you use on your local machine! If you want to set it up so that you don't need to type the username, you need to investigate the .ssh/config file ("man ssh_config" for details) -- Sam -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines