[wellylug] SSH to my box

[Jethro Carr]

On Tue, 2007-03-06 at 17:07 +1300, wellylug at addict.net.nz wrote:
> That's just the way SSH works on Linux/Unix - if you use something like
> PuTTY under Windows it should ask for a username.


to further expand that point,

with openssh, it just uses your username. You can manually specify with:
$ ssh bob at 203.97.110.17

or:
$ ssh -l bob 203.97.110.17



> >
> > Time for a whiskey to settle my nerves!
> >
> > Any reason why it would go straight to password and not ask for username?
> >
> > John Fouhy wrote:
> >> On 06/03/07, Rob Giltrap <rob at kiwihq.com> wrote:
> >>> Okay ONE LAST TIME
> >>>
> >>> 203.97.110.17
> >>
> >> Morpork:~ repton$ ssh 203.97.110.17
> >> The authenticity of host '203.97.110.17 (203.97.110.17)' can't be
> >> established.
> >> RSA key fingerprint is 72:3e:d8:b6:41:02:7f:61:11:e7:97:90:41:da:5c:60.
> >> Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
> >> Warning: Permanently added '203.97.110.17' (RSA) to the list of known
> >> hosts.
> >> Password:
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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> 
> 
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Jethro Carr

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