[SOLVED] Store SSH Locations

[opticyclic]

If I was in Windows, I would use PuTTY to connect to the necessary servers.
In Linux, I am using the Gnome Terminal and the ssh command.

The obvious benefit with PuTTY is that I can store all my frequently used locations by common name and I don't have to remember the IP.
How can I do this in Linux?

[cantormath]

you can predefine short nicknames for Ips that you ssh to in /etc/hosts
IPAddress Hostname Alias
208.164.186.1 deep.openna.com nickname1
208.164.186.2 mail.openna.com nickname2
208.164.186.3 web.openna.com nickname3

$ ssh nickname


or do something like this
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com...tag=rbxccnbtr1

or if you are at your house, you may be able to define host names for Local Ips for the LAN. I do this by re-flashing my router with something like Tomato or DD-WRT

[Dr Small]

You can create simple aliases to use in the terminal, to automatically connect to the destination.

First, enable aliases by editing ~/.bashrc and find these lines:

#if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then
#    . ~/.bash_aliases
#fi

Uncomment them, and save it. Now create a new file called .bash_aliases in your $HOME directory, and this is where we will store our aliases. Here is a few examples of aliases you can make, which should help get you started:

alias mycroft="ssh 192.168.0.70"
alias maymith="ssh 192.168.0.101"
alias :q="exit"

Now, either logout, or run:

. .bashrc

And your aliases will be loaded. Now you can run your alias in the terminal, just by running:

mycroft

And it will actually be running:

ssh 192.168.0.70

But you won't have to type it