Re: ping, ssh not using dns?

On Jun 7, 2009, at 6:46 AM, Aaron wrote:

> I'm using netmanager over wireless on eeebuntu at home.
> the 'host' command seems to do host name lookups, but
> other commands, like ping and ssh do not.
>
> why might this occur?
>
> flea:~> cat /etc/resolv.conf
> # Generated by NetworkManager
> domain localnet
> search localnet
> nameserver 192.168.1.1
> flea:~> host coot
> coot has address 192.168.1.1
> flea:~> ping coot
> ping: unknown host coot

What is the output of;

grep -i hosts /etc/nsswitch.conf ?

e.g.

grep dns /etc/nsswitch.conf
#	dns			Use DNS (Domain Name Service)
#hosts:     db files nisplus nis dns
hosts:      files dns

Also, do you have an entry for coot in your local /etc/hosts file?

192.168.1.1 coot.boim.com coot

and what is the local domain name set to?  (dnsdomainname)

dnsdomainname

It may be that your local machine thinks it has a different domain  
name than that which your local nameserver is returning for the query  
and SSH and/or ping are finding a mismatch with the dnsdomain name and  
think coot belongs to a different network.

-Nick



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