[X-Unix] Rendezvous lookup from command-line

[Juan Manuel Palacios]

On Sep 17, 2004, at 3:12 PM, Brooks Graham wrote:

> Not sure if this is what you're looking for, but I can ssh into any of 
> my OSX boxes by appending ".local" to the host name.
>
> For example, I have a host named "mondo" and at the shell prompt, I 
> can just type "ssh mondo.local"
>
> HTH
>
> -brooks
>

	.local naming is used by Rendezvous, true, but what you describe 
implies *knowing* that the mondo machine is offering ssh connections. 
What the OP was asking for, if I understood correctly, is a tool that 
would help him find what services are being offered over Rendezvous in 
a LAN, much like the Rendezvous GUI applications offered at 
versiontracker.com, but CLI based. The reason for his CLI preference is 
that he ssh's into a box and from there wants to inspect the Rendezvous 
services in the LAN that box belongs to, so there is no space for a GUI 
tool. I've seen myself in a similar situation, since I maintain the LAN 
at my work place and several times I've had to login and find out what 
machines were left on, what services are being offered, etc. Luckily, 
my LAN has fixed IPs and few OS X boxes (this one is the suck! -- 
hopefully up for change soon ;-), so it hasn't been so difficult 
achieving my goal.

	Sorry Stephen, I can't help you much because I don't know what tool 
could aid you in what you want :-(


		Juan