Re: Why is FQDN not found?
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 7:57 AM, Kelly Clowers <kelly.clowers@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 7:45 AM, Kent West <westk@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).
>
> Odd. What does your routing table look like ("ip route" or "route")?
>
> I don't see why it should matter but have you tried "ping
> k1000.acu.local." (trailing dot)
Oh, and are you running nscd (name server cache daemon) or similar on
the box that cannot ping?
Just throwing stuff out there.
Cheers,
Kelly Clowers
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