Re: Why is FQDN not found?

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

On 07/27/2012 09:57 AM, Kelly Clowers 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)

westk@westek:~$ ping k1000.acu.local.
ping: unknown host k1000.acu.local.

westk@westek:~$ ip route
default via 150.252.16.1 dev eth0  proto static
150.252.16.0/21 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 150.252.17.3

westk@westek:~$ sudo route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use 
Iface
default         150.252.16.1    0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth0
150.252.16.0    *               255.255.248.0   U     0      0        0 eth0

> Oh, and are you running nscd (name server cache daemon) or similar on
> the box that cannot ping?
> Just throwing stuff out there.


westk@westek:~$ ps ax | grep nscd
20075 pts/2 S+ 0:00 grep nscd


I'm not sure what would similar. So do I need to "aptitude install nscd"?


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