Hello list,
I have a server running bind that is master for 'domain.local'.
When I try to use a FQDN from within an application on my debian
etch 'desktop machine' (e.g. in a browser: http://host.domain.local/) it
does not resolve / ask the DNS server for the address.
with the tool 'host' I can resolve queries just fine.
e.g. for hostname 'svn'
$ host svn
or
$ host svn.domain.local
I get the correct answer and a request to the DNS server is made as I can see
in the debug log there.
$ ping svn
succeeds, it obviously adds the domain as found in resolv.conf (search
domain.local) to the host part
while
$ ping svn.domain.local
fails. No query to the server is made, thus no address resolved, ping fails.
IIRC it's been working fine until maybe about 1-2 months ago. I think I did an
apt-get upgrade after which it stopped working, but I didn't notice right
away and in the meantime I can't recall an exact date so I could maybe check
the log file for what's exactly been upgraded - and might be at fault.
A search on the web, list etc. didn't give me any clues either ...
Does anyone have any idea about where I could look (man, url, ...) or what the
problem might be?
Thanks
Richard