>> I'm not able to ssh to any domain, although IPs work. I get: >> >> $ ssh example.com >> ssh: Could not resolve hostname example.com: Name or service not known >> >> I can ping domains no problem, and web browsing works. I've tried >> rebooting and re-emerging openssh. I am connected to an unfamiliar >> wireless network (with no alternative right now) but I could ssh to >> domains no problem over this network before. Does this make sense to >> anyone? > > It does not :) > > So, if you do: > > host example.com
I'm not sure which package that is. > it shows the correct IP address? > > If you ssh to that IP address, it works? Yes, that works. > Nothing related to this hostname is in your /etc/hosts is it? Does > your /etc/resolv.conf look okay to you? /etc/hosts only has my 127.0.0.1 entry. /etc/resolv.conf looked fine with a domain entry and a nameserver entry but I removed both and added Google's nameserver at 8.8.8.8 and it works. > Weird... Yeah I don't get it. Check this out: $ ping google.com PING google.com (74.125.224.84) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 74.125.224.84: icmp_req=1 ttl=55 time=97.1 ms 64 bytes from 74.125.224.84: icmp_req=2 ttl=55 time=97.1 ms 64 bytes from 74.125.224.84: icmp_req=3 ttl=55 time=97.5 ms ^C --- google.com ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 5142ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 97.105/97.268/97.539/0.319 ms $ ssh google.com ssh: Could not resolve hostname google.com: Name or service not known - Grant
