On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 09:45:02 -0500, Kent West wrote: > Why can I ping the hostname, but not the fully-qualified domain name of > a box? > > westk@westek:~$ ping k1000 > PING k1000.acu.local (150.252.149.1) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from > 150.252.149.1: icmp_req=1 ttl=62 time=0.128 ms ^C64 bytes from > 150.252.149.1: icmp_req=2 ttl=62 time=0.138 ms > > --- k1000.acu.local ping statistics --- 2 packets transmitted, 2 > received, 0% packet loss, time 5002ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = > 0.128/0.133/0.138/0.005 ms
(...) I remember something related to the "/etc/nsswitch.conf" file, the order of the queried facilities and also the avahi issue with ".local" domains... sm01@stt008:~$ cat /etc/nsswitch.conf|grep hosts hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4 And let's see if I can ping a local machine using its FQDN: sm01@stt008:~$ ping -c 3 stt008.linux.site PING stt008.linux.site (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=0.016 ms 64 bytes from stt008.linux.site (192.168.0.8): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.007 ms 64 bytes from stt008.linux.site (192.168.0.8): icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.013 ms --- stt008.linux.site ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 1998ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.007/0.012/0.016/0.003 ms Yes, I can ping *but* I have the above machine listed in my "/etc/hosts" file. sm01@stt008:~$ cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.0.8 stt008.linux.site stt008 # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts ::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters ff02::3 ip6-allhosts Just for testing purposes yo can try with: hosts: files mdns4_minimal dns mdns4 Or: hosts: files dns mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] mdns4 (note: I'm sure this was documented in some place but can't find the source now) 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/juug00$2bd$1...@dough.gmane.org
