Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 12:48:16PM -0400, H.S. wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I have a Debian Unstable machine connected to an old machine running as >> a router. The router is running dnsmasq and my local network is >> configured as home.pvt. >> >> This Unstable machine is given the name of Blue by the dnsmasq server on >> on the router using dhcp (based on Blue's mac address). However, I have >> noticed that after some days, Blue's name on the network changes to >> Blue.local. The relevant syslog line in Blue appears to be: >> May 31 20:04:47 blue avahi-daemon[3514]: Server startup complete. Host >> name is blue.local. Local service cookie is 3941174068. >> >> I have to run dhclient on blue again to get the IP address again and to >> update its name in dnsmasq as blue. >> >> Anybody know what I should look for to prevent this addition of ".local" >> to the hostname? Or can somebody explain what is going on here? > > The hostname resolution via Multicast DNS (using Zeroconf, aka Apple > Bonjour / Apple Rendezvous) which effectively allows name resolution by > common Unix/Linux programs in the ad-hoc mDNS domain "local", can be > provided by installing the libnss-mdns package. The "/etc/nsswitch.conf" > file should have stanza like "hosts: files mdns4_minimal > [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4" to enable this functionality. > > See: > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch05.en.html#_the_hostname_resolution
Spot on! Nice. I have the file with these contents: ---------------------------------------------- $> cat /etc/nsswitch.conf # /etc/nsswitch.conf # # Example configuration of GNU Name Service Switch functionality. # If you have the `glibc-doc' and `info' packages installed, try: # `info libc "Name Service Switch"' for information about this file. passwd: compat group: compat shadow: compat hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4 networks: files protocols: db files services: db files ethers: db files rpc: db files netgroup: nis ---------------------------------------------- So I supposed I just need to recorder the 'hosts' line to: hosts: files dns mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] mdns4 I hope I am on the right track. BTW, I wonder what is the purpose of the default order of this line to being with? Why is mdns4_minimal before dns? Regards. -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email address are just filtered to a folder in my mailbox and get periodically deleted without ever having been read. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
