http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=569273 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=569273#c1 --- Comment #1 from Lars Müller 2010-01-08 17:45:27 UTC --- Created an attachment (id=335656) --> (http://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=335656) Suggested minimal documentation of the /etc/host.conf mdns switch -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=569273 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=569273#c3 Petr Gajdos changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|P5 - None |P3 - Medium Status|NEW |NEEDINFO CC| |sbrabec@novell.com Info Provider| |lmuelle@novell.com --- Comment #3 from Petr Gajdos 2010-01-11 10:27:45 UTC --- We have had mdns off/on documented in host.conf man page, but this reference was removed between 11.0 and 11.1! (SLE10 sp3 have this documented.) (In reply to comment #0)

It's possible to turn of multicast based DNS resolving by adding "mdns off" to /etc/host.conf.

This is in contradiction with conclusion in bug 446017, comment 3. Could you please provide more information? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=569273 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=569273#c Lars Müller changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |pbaudis@novell.com -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=569273 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=569273#c6 --- Comment #6 from Lars Müller 2010-01-12 14:39:26 UTC --- If comment #5 is right I suggest to add a hint to the log message like: /etc/host.conf: line : bad command `mdns off' Please adjust the hosts line of /etc/nsswitch.conf to configure mdns. Also see the nss-mdns man page from the nss-mdns package. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=569273 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=569273#c8 --- Comment #8 from Petr Gajdos 2010-01-12 17:58:49 UTC --- (In reply to comment #6)

If comment #5 is right I suggest to add a hint to the log message like:

/etc/host.conf: line : bad command `mdns off' Please adjust the hosts line of /etc/nsswitch.conf to configure mdns. Also see the nss-mdns man page from the nss-mdns package.

Another possibility is to explicitly add something like mdns This command is not supported anymore. Please use /etc/nsswitch.conf to turn MDNS on or off. To turn MDNS off remove "mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return]" from hosts entry. in host.conf(5). Petr, Lars, Standa, what do you think? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=569273 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=569273#c10 Petr Gajdos changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|pbaudis@novell.com | AssignedTo|pgajdos@novell.com |pbaudis@novell.com --- Comment #10 from Petr Gajdos 2010-01-14 08:23:53 UTC --- (In reply to comment #9)

But as people don't read man pages it would be good as well to add log output which directs people to the documentation.

Ok, so reassigning to Petr. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.