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TL;DR: a macos ism..

ssh $(hostname).local 

works. Credit to the following Q&A for "lending a hand": http://stackoverflow.com/a/33506923/1056563

In addition the .local should be added to search from DNS : as mentioned here: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/197884/55242

TL;DR: a macos ism..

ssh $(hostname).local 

works. Credit to the following Q&A for "lending a hand": https://stackoverflow.com/a/33506923/1056563

In addition the .local should be added to search from DNS : as mentioned here: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/197884/55242

TL;DR: a macos ism..

ssh $(hostname).local 

works. Credit to the following Q&A for "lending a hand": http://stackoverflow.com/a/33506923/1056563

In addition the .local should be added to search from DNS : as mentioned here: http://apple.stackexchange.com/a/197884/55242

TL;DR: a macos ism..

ssh $(hostname).local 

works. Credit to the following Q&A for "lending a hand": http://stackoverflow.com/a/33506923/1056563

In addition the .local should be added to search from DNS : as mentioned here: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/197884/55242

TL;DR: a macos ism..

ssh $(hostname).local 

works. Now why mac mucks with things by adding the .local is beyond me. Now I have to figure out how to make other tools - that apparently also rely on that - to do the right thing.

Credit to the following Q&A for "lending a hand": http://stackoverflow.com/a/33506923/1056563

TL;DR: a macos ism..

ssh $(hostname).local 

works. Credit to the following Q&A for "lending a hand": http://stackoverflow.com/a/33506923/1056563

In addition the .local should be added to search from DNS : as mentioned here: http://apple.stackexchange.com/a/197884/55242