The 3rd level is a good indicator that we really want a proper DNS name. I did investigate this very briefly back when this problem first occurred.
I also think that the nsswitch alteration is a good solution in the short term. The issue on the long term is that people with .local domain will see a decrease in performance in name resolution. I'm not sure how the nss module works internally, as in how fast it returns after an invalid request, so I don't know what the actual effect is. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to avahi in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1441008 Title: under systemd avahi-daemon doesn't stay disabled when .local is detected Status in avahi package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: When avahi daemon detects .local unicast domain, the daemon is disabled. When a user tries to resolve a domain name through nss, the daemon starts up. The root cause is most likely in systemd that starts the daemon when an application tries to access the socket through the systemd managed socket file. This behavior wasn't observed in 14.10 or earlier releases, thus the assumption towards systemd socket activation. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: avahi-daemon 0.6.31-4ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-10.10-generic 3.19.2 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-10-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.17-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Apr 7 09:51:43 2015 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-11-16 (506 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1) SourcePackage: avahi UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-03-18 (19 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/avahi/+bug/1441008/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
