On 02/26/2018 at 09:09 George myglc2 Clemmer writes: > Running the attached config in a QEMU image, 'avahi-resolve > <host>.local' works but 'ssh <host>.local' fails w/ "Name or service not > known". > > E.g, ... > > g1@server02 ~$ avahi-resolve --name nemo.local > nemo.local fe80::1ccf:c589:7e5f:a21f > > g1@server02 ~$ ssh -vvv nemo.local > OpenSSH_7.6p1, OpenSSL 1.0.2n 7 Dec 2017 > debug2: resolving "nemo.local" port 22 > ssh: Could not resolve hostname nemo.local: Name or service not known > > g1@server02 ~$ guix --version > guix (GNU Guix) 0.14.0-9.bdf0c64 > > TIA - George
FWIW, I notice irratic reports about starting avahi-daemon in shepherd.log ... g1@g1 ~/bug/30613-avahi-resolve.works.ssh.doesnt/log$ grep avahi shepherd.log 2018-02-25 22:08:26 Service avahi-daemon has been started. 2018-02-25 22:09:42 Service avahi-daemon has been started. 2018-02-27 08:27:15 Service avahi-daemon has been stopped. 2018-02-27 08:30:53 Service avahi-daemon has been started. 2018-02-27 08:55:23 Service avahi-daemon could not be started. 2018-02-27 11:26:12 Service avahi-daemon has been started. ... and when it does start, a warning about no NSS support in /var/log/messages: g1@g1 ~/bug/30613-avahi-resolve.works.ssh.doesnt/log$ grep avahi debug Feb 25 22:08:24 localhost avahi-daemon[346]: Found user 'avahi' (UID 998) and group 'avahi' (GID 983). Feb 25 22:08:25 localhost avahi-daemon[346]: Successfully dropped root privileges. Feb 25 22:08:25 localhost avahi-daemon[346]: avahi-daemon 0.7 starting up. Feb 25 22:08:26 localhost avahi-daemon[346]: WARNING: No NSS support for mDNS detected, consider installing nss-mdns! Feb 25 22:08:27 localhost avahi-daemon[346]: Successfully called chroot(). Binary file debug matches g1@g1 ~/bug/30613-avahi-resolve.works.ssh.doesnt/log$ HTH - George
