Hi Bob, Tom and Carlos, Thanks!
See below: On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 8:58 PM, Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> wrote: > Greg van Anders wrote: >> I didn't install a DNS server and I am connecting via DHCP. > > Good. DHCP should automatically provide you with a nameserver. And > hopefully that nameserver will be working! That would be extra nice. > But it is possible that it hasn't. > >> # dpkg -l bind > > The package name is bind9 not bind. But if you didn't select the task > then you wouldn't have it installed. > Oops, dpkg also reports bind9 is absent. >> # cat /etc/network/interfaces >> # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system >> # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). >> >> # The loopback network interface >> auto lo >> iface lo inet loopback >> >> # The primary network interface >> allow-hotplug eth0 >> #NetworkManager#iface eth0 inet dhcp > > Since NetworkManager edited the file upon installation there aren't > any non-comment lines mentioning interfaces. Effectively it is > empty. NetworkManager will automatically run dhcp on any interface > NOT mentioned in that file. Since none are mentioned due to the > commented out part it means that NM is going to do DHCP on that > interface. > > I think what the package does there is a hack. But here is why it is > doing it that way. > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=530024#49 > >> # cat /etc/resolv.conf >> # Generated by NetworkManager >> nameserver 192.168.1.254 > > DHCP gave you 192.168.1.254 as the nameserver. This is probably your > local router. > Yes! >> # grep hosts /etc/nsswitch.conf >> hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4 > > I have never seen the mdns4 parts installed upon a pristine install of > Debian. I can only guess that something you installed edited that > file and made those changes. Probably related to avahi or zeroconf or > some such. > > That mdns_minimal4 [NOTFOUND=return] part bothers me because it says > that if the domain is a multicast domain (by default .local) and it > isn't found in the multicast lookup then return immediately host not > found and stop looking and never look in dns for it. > > If you don't have mdns setup then you don't need that configuration. > And if you do have it setup then you already don't need it since you > would already know enough to set up your own domain normally. Saying > this will bring all of the people who love mdns out of hiding and they > will post how good it is for them here. I know this but will say it > anyway. Regardless it will help narrow down the problem. > > Edit that line and make it like this: > > hosts: files dns > Ok, I tried this, as well as removing just the [NOTFOUND...] part as Tom suggested. > Does that solve the problem? > Not quite. > If not then test that your dns server is fuctional. You can do this > using a number of different utilities that are all very similar and > give the same information but in different ways. I prefer the > bind9-host package's "host" command. I believe it is installed by > default. Others will prefer either nslookup or dig. Try using it > directly against the nameserver. As long as the answers seem > reasonable you could use any of the utilities available to you. > > $ host www.debian.org 192.168.1.254 > www.debian.org has address 128.31.0.51 > www.debian.org has address 206.12.19.7 > www.debian.org has IPv6 address 2607:f8f0:610:4000:211:25ff:fec4:5b28 > > $ host slashdot.org 192.168.1.254 > slashdot.org has address 216.34.181.45 > > If that doesn't look up names correctly then the problem is on your > upstream nameserver and not on your new installation. Assuming that > you are not looking up .local names. In which case you might have to > probe into your router to figure out what is happening there. It is > being advertised through DHCP has a nameserver and therefore should > proxy dns lookups through it. > I can successfully host <server> 192.168.1.254 to the above, as well as many others. Yet if I try to, for example, ssh to the same server I get "Name or service unknown". Adding -v, or -vv doesn't seem to tell me any more. I find this a bit confusing. Any other suggestions? Thanks again, Greg >> 127.0.1.1 sunny > > You have a positive outlook on life. I like that. All of my machines > are named after a darker theme. :-) > > Bob > -- 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/CAJQ99WFNSFABmHzjhUcQw8NahuO9jBO1mUq5YQ1=i-7fapj...@mail.gmail.com
