On Fri, 28 May 2010 22:44:37 -0400, vr wrote: > On my host I'm not sure why I'm able to ping "hostname.local" and get a > reply from my local IP. For example, the hosts name in question is > sager.mydomain.tld.
(...) Do you have avahi daemon running in that host? stt008:~# hostname -f stt008.linux.site stt008:~# ping -c 3 stt008.local PING stt008.local (192.168.0.8) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from stt008.linux.site (192.168.0.8): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.012 ms 64 bytes from stt008.linux.site (192.168.0.8): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.009 ms 64 bytes from stt008.linux.site (192.168.0.8): icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.014 ms --- stt008.local ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 1998ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.009/0.011/0.014/0.004 ms stt008:~# /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon stop Stopping Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Daemon: avahi-daemon. stt008:~# ping -c 3 stt008.local ping: unknown host stt008.local Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.05.29.08.57...@gmail.com
