With 12.04.1 and the standard line in nsswitch.conf, I find that DNS is not queried for a .local address.
Unfortunately, as noted above, .local is used on some networks with DNS. A particular case is the Microsoft Windows Small Business System 2011 installs with a .local domain by default. Worse it is quite tedious to override this (http://titlerequired.com/2011/08/02/installing-sbs- essentials-using-an-answer-file/). So anyone working on such a network now has to modify their nsswitch.conf if local hosts are to be resolved correctly. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/287499 Title: dns used for resolving mdns queries To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss-mdns/+bug/287499/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
