On 9/10/2014 6:29 AM, Linda Walsh wrote:
James Knott wrote:
Pings return unknown host. Wireshark showed no attempt to reach a DNS server on any interface. I'll try that strace when I have time to work
...trimage
presume enable-cache hosts timeout in nscd is 'reasonable'...
how about "nsswitch.conf"... default is:
#hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns wins
which seems a bit problematic.... but I use:
hosts: files dns wins
Maybe something is responding on mdns4_minimal with notfound?
If he is running bind on his firewall box, it doesn't look at hosts at all. (apologies to James if I've lost track of exactly what you are/were running on that box.) -- _____________________________________ ---This space for rent--- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org