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    • stacksofplatesS
      stacksofplates @black3dynamite
      last edited by

      @black3dynamite said in Fedora name resolution:

      @obsolesce said in Fedora name resolution:

      @black3dynamite said in Fedora name resolution:

      @obsolesce said in Fedora name resolution:

      @black3dynamite said in Fedora name resolution:

      @obsolesce said in Fedora name resolution:

      If it's a .local domain, edit the avahi-daemon.conf file:

      Un-comment the following line, and add a . (dot) infront of local:

      domain-name=.local

      Then restart network or reboot.

      Why not edit /etc/nsswitch.conf instead?
      https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/90486/cannot-resolve-local-domain-name-on-fedora-23/?answer=90625#post-id-90625

      Change...
      hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns myhostname

      To...
      hosts: files dns mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] myhostname

      I wasn't aware of that option.

      Can you tell me why one solution is better than the other or why one is worse than the other?

      Has long as dns is after files in the hosts: section in nsswitch.conf file, utilities like nslookup should work correctly.

      Un-commenting the .local line in the other file seems to do the job just fine. Still not seeing any advantages to doing it the other way, or disadvantages to keep doing it how I am.

      Only disadvantage or more of an inconvenience that I can see, is that you would have to keep changing the domain name because of each network uses a different domain like .local, .lan, or .home.

      But I don't see anything wrong with un-commenting domain-name=local

      Right, /etc/nsswitch defines where you're looking. So correcting that fixes all scenarios vs fixing only one specific thing.

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      • ObsolesceO
        Obsolesce @stacksofplates
        last edited by

        @stacksofplates said in Fedora name resolution:

        @black3dynamite said in Fedora name resolution:

        @obsolesce said in Fedora name resolution:

        @black3dynamite said in Fedora name resolution:

        @obsolesce said in Fedora name resolution:

        @black3dynamite said in Fedora name resolution:

        @obsolesce said in Fedora name resolution:

        If it's a .local domain, edit the avahi-daemon.conf file:

        Un-comment the following line, and add a . (dot) infront of local:

        domain-name=.local

        Then restart network or reboot.

        Why not edit /etc/nsswitch.conf instead?
        https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/90486/cannot-resolve-local-domain-name-on-fedora-23/?answer=90625#post-id-90625

        Change...
        hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns myhostname

        To...
        hosts: files dns mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] myhostname

        I wasn't aware of that option.

        Can you tell me why one solution is better than the other or why one is worse than the other?

        Has long as dns is after files in the hosts: section in nsswitch.conf file, utilities like nslookup should work correctly.

        Un-commenting the .local line in the other file seems to do the job just fine. Still not seeing any advantages to doing it the other way, or disadvantages to keep doing it how I am.

        Only disadvantage or more of an inconvenience that I can see, is that you would have to keep changing the domain name because of each network uses a different domain like .local, .lan, or .home.

        But I don't see anything wrong with un-commenting domain-name=local

        Right, /etc/nsswitch defines where you're looking. So correcting that fixes all scenarios vs fixing only one specific thing.

        I see, that makes sense. I'll try that next time.... because my host name and the LAN domain I connect to never changes.

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        • ObsolesceO
          Obsolesce @black3dynamite
          last edited by

          @black3dynamite said in Fedora name resolution:

          @obsolesce said in Fedora name resolution:

          If it's a .local domain, edit the avahi-daemon.conf file:

          Un-comment the following line, and add a . (dot) infront of local:

          domain-name=.local

          Then restart network or reboot.

          Why not edit /etc/nsswitch.conf instead?
          https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/90486/cannot-resolve-local-domain-name-on-fedora-23/?answer=90625#post-id-90625

          Change...
          hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns myhostname

          To...
          hosts: files dns mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] myhostname

          That didn't work by the way.

          This did:
          hosts: files dns myhostname mymachines

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          • ObsolesceO
            Obsolesce
            last edited by

            It still didn't work correctly in VSCode, but did allow me to ping a .local.

            I think the avahi-daemon.conf is the better way to fix it, as all issues are resolved that way, and no new ones arise down the road.

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            • black3dynamiteB
              black3dynamite @Obsolesce
              last edited by

              @obsolesce said in Fedora name resolution:

              @black3dynamite said in Fedora name resolution:

              @obsolesce said in Fedora name resolution:

              If it's a .local domain, edit the avahi-daemon.conf file:

              Un-comment the following line, and add a . (dot) infront of local:

              domain-name=.local

              Then restart network or reboot.

              Why not edit /etc/nsswitch.conf instead?
              https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/90486/cannot-resolve-local-domain-name-on-fedora-23/?answer=90625#post-id-90625

              Change...
              hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns myhostname

              To...
              hosts: files dns mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] myhostname

              That didn't work by the way.

              This did:
              hosts: files dns myhostname mymachines

              I noticed on a clean install of Fedora 28, its setup this way:
              hosts: files dns myhostname

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              • black3dynamiteB
                black3dynamite @Obsolesce
                last edited by

                @obsolesce said in Fedora name resolution:

                It still didn't work correctly in VSCode, but did allow me to ping a .local.

                What didn't work in VSCode?

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                • siringoS
                  siringo
                  last edited by

                  Thank you all for your help with this problem.

                  I had this problem at a site I work at once a week. I went back there yesterday and things worked without me having to do anything so I don't know what was going on.

                  Anyway, all fixed & once again thanks.

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                  • stacksofplatesS
                    stacksofplates @siringo
                    last edited by

                    @siringo said in Fedora name resolution:

                    Thank you all for your help with this problem.

                    I had this problem at a site I work at once a week. I went back there yesterday and things worked without me having to do anything so I don't know what was going on.

                    Anyway, all fixed & once again thanks.

                    Yeah we have a pretty big .local and I've never had to change anything for it.

                    Hopefully it stays working for you.

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