On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:33:07 -0500, Kent West wrote: > On 07/27/2012 11:35 AM, Camaleón wrote:
(...) >> I remember something related to the "/etc/nsswitch.conf" file, the >> order of the queried facilities and also the avahi issue with ".local" >> domains... (...) >> Just for testing purposes yo can try with: (...) >> Or: >> >> hosts: files dns mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] mdns4 (...) > Changing the order of the hosts: line to: > > hosts: files dns mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] mdns4 > > as you suggested above, seems to have solved the problem: > > westk@westek:~$ ping k1000.acu.local > 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=0.126 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 5001ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = > 0.126/0.132/0.138/0.006 ms (...) Ah, good! > Will this cause me any problems? There shouldn't be any problems as you are only prorizing the order of the queried mechanisms. What you should avoid is using a ".local" address as the domain name becasuse that's Avahi's realm¹ (I use ".site" instead) :-) ¹http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.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/jv0h36$108$6...@dough.gmane.org
