apparent change in hostnames on LAN without admin intervention
Hi folks. Did I miss something?
I've had 3 Sid/testing systems running on the same LAN behind the same router for just shy of 3
years. Their static IP addresses have always been issued by the DHCP server on the router.
Everything has been copacetic among the systems, with local and outside name resolution working with
no issue.
A little over a week ago the systems stopped being able to access each other by name. No changes
were made in the settings or firmware of the router or of the local network settings on the systems.
I discovered that all of the hostnames had changed from xxxxxx.local to xxxxxx. I've tried to
determine the cause of this alteration in the hostnames on the LAN.
Everything is working fine now that I've stopped trying to call the systems by the old xxxxxx.local
names.
Could this change be due to recent upgrades in software? (I upgrade every day.) I've reviewed the
recent upgrades listed in /var/log/apt/history.log. I would have thought any deliberate change of
this behavior would have been flagged by listchanges, but I can't find it.
I'm just a home user / hobbyist, but this change occurring without any deliberate administrative
action on my part makes the hairs stand up on my neck -- just a little bit.
Advice or consolation would be welcomed.
Thanks,
JP
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