On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Kent West <we...@acu.edu> 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 > > westk@westek:~$ ping k1000.acu.local > ping: unknown host k1000.acu.local > > westk@westek:~$ cat /etc/resolv.conf > # Generated by NetworkManager > domain acu.local > search acu.local > nameserver 150.252.134.8 > nameserver 150.252.134.159 > nameserver 150.252.228.8 > nameserver 150.252.135.4 > > westk@westek:~$ nslookup k1000 > Server: 150.252.134.8 > Address: 150.252.134.8#53 > > Name: k1000.acu.local > Address: 150.252.149.1 > > westk@westek:~$ nslookup k1000.acu.local > Server: 150.252.134.8 > Address: 150.252.134.8#53 > > Name: k1000.acu.local > Address: 150.252.149.1 > > I googled for this problem and found instructions to change 1 to 0 in the > /etc/default/avahi-daemon file (after which I did a "sudo > /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon restart" command), but that didn't solve the > problem (so I put the /etc/default/avahi-daemon file back to the way it > was). > > I have a MacBook running an up-to-date OS/X, and it can ping both the > hostname and the FQDN (and it's resolv.conf file looks pretty much the same > as the above), so it seems to be a problem in this Debian box (westek).
Although you're using "acu.local" as a domain, I suspect that it has the same problem as ".local" and clashes with avahi. Do you have any "mdns" entries on the "hosts" line of "/etc/resolv.conf"? (I wouldn't trust what OS X has in "/etc" because it generally doesn't use these files.) -- 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/CAOdo=Sw6qt6=4k74m0q9cgpofxdlspuwzpyafzmpuxqssf4...@mail.gmail.com
