ssh connections stopped working

[David Fletcher]

On Sat, 2010-12-04 at 09:27 +0000, Colin Law wrote:
> On 3 December 2010 22:05, David Fletcher <dave at thefletchers.net> wrote:
> >
> > I hadn't put the son's computer back into /etc/hosts!
> 
> I find that I do not need to put computers on the local network into
> /etc/hosts.  If the computer name is piglet then I can just use
> piglet.local.  I must admit though that I am not sure what it is that
> provides this capability.
> 
> Colin
> 

Colin,

That is very useful indeed!

I just installed Maverick on the boy's new PC and now I don't need to
set up host addresses or fixed IP addresses to connect - rsync is now
happily sending his files back onto his new PC without doing either.

If I hadn't been a silly billy yesterday I'd never have learned about
this.

Thanks

Dave