Mike Leone on 19 Apr 2010 17:11:46 -0700


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[PLUG] Odd name resolution issue on Ubuntu 9.10


I'm having a weird name resolution problem with an old laptop I
installed Ubuntu 9.10 on. I use DHCP from my LinkSys router, pointing to
an Active Directory server for DNS. This works fine for my Windows
laptop, and another Linux laptop. But observe this:

$ ping  dim-win2300
PING dim-win2300.DaCrib.local (10.0.0.60) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from dim-win2300.dacrib.local (10.0.0.60): icmp_seq=1 ttl=128
time=0.590 ms

$ ping  dim-win2300.dacrib.local
ping: unknown host dim-win2300.dacrib.local

turgon@turgon-laptop:/$ nslookup dim-win2300
Server:		10.0.0.60
Address:	10.0.0.60#53

Name:	dim-win2300.DaCrib.local
Address: 10.0.0.60

turgon@turgon-laptop:/$ nslookup dim-win2300.dacrib.local
Server:		10.0.0.60
Address:	10.0.0.60#53

Name:	dim-win2300.dacrib.local
Address: 10.0.0.60


So I'm at a bit of a loss as to why pinging the short name works, but
not pinging the FQDN. Especially as a lookup works for either short name
 or FQDN.

$ more /etc/resolv.conf
# Generated by NetworkManager
domain DaCrib.local
search DaCrib.local
nameserver 10.0.0.60

I have no entires in hosts (except for 127.0.0.1, of course)

$ more /etc/nsswitch.conf
# /etc/nsswitch.conf
#
# Example configuration of GNU Name Service Switch functionality.
# If you have the `glibc-doc-reference' and `info' packages installed, try:
# `info libc "Name Service Switch"' for information about this file.

passwd:         compat winbind
group:          compat winbind
shadow:         compat winbind

hosts:          files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4
networks:       files

protocols:      db files
services:       db files
ethers:         db files
rpc:            db files

netgroup:       nis

clues? Pointers? etc ...
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