Re: dig knows while ping doesn't

2011-02-17 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Jo, 17 feb 11, 03:20:58, T o n g wrote: FYI: $ cat /etc/resolv.conf # for interface eth0 search local 'local' is used for zeroconf, you might want to choose something else instead. nameserver 192.168.2.100 nameserver 192.168.2.1 nameserver 192.168.2.100 Third entry

Re: dig knows while ping doesn't

2011-02-17 Thread Chris Davies
T o n g mlist4sunt...@yahoo.com wrote: $ dig maroon maroon. 0 IN A 192.168.2.100 $ ping maroon ping: unknown host maroon $ cat /etc/resolv.conf search local All host lookups are modified by the hosts entry in /etc/nsswitch.conf. This should generally

Re: dig knows while ping doesn't

2011-02-17 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 03:59:55 +, T o n g wrote: On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 03:20:58 +, T o n g wrote: I can't explain the following myself: . . . -- dig knows the host maroon. -- yet ping doesn't know the host maroon. - It actually happens to all of my local hosts short names, unless

dig knows while ping doesn't

2011-02-16 Thread T o n g
Hi, I can't explain the following myself: $ dig maroon ; DiG 9.7.1-P2 maroon ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; -HEADER- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 34832 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;maroon.

Re: dig knows while ping doesn't

2011-02-16 Thread T o n g
On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 03:20:58 +, T o n g wrote: I can't explain the following myself: . . . -- dig knows the host maroon. -- yet ping doesn't know the host maroon. - It actually happens to all of my local hosts short names, unless the domain name is appended. - My DNS server is

Re: dig knows while ping doesn't

2011-02-16 Thread Tixy
On Thu, 2011-02-17 at 03:59 +, T o n g wrote: On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 03:20:58 +, T o n g wrote: I can't explain the following myself: . . . -- dig knows the host maroon. -- yet ping doesn't know the host maroon. - It actually happens to all of my local hosts short names,