Reco <recovery...@gmail.com> writes: > Hi. > > On Thu, Sep 04, 2014 at 08:26:38PM -0400, Podrigal, Aron wrote: >> Any idea what can be the cause? I am installing proxmox-ve and when >> starting pve-cluster it fails with [main] crit: Unable to get local >> IP address. So I tried >> to look up with host utility and it does not resolve. >> >> host localhost >> Host localhost not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) > > This is the way it should be - you DNS tells you that it knows nothing > about localhost hostname (because host utility only does DNS requests). > If you need to test the validity of /etc/hosts, you should use: > > getent hosts localhost > > >> /etc/hosts >> 127.0.0.1 localhost >> >> >> in /etc/nsswitch.conf I have >> hosts: files dns > > While this may look good, I believe you're missing a customary entry > pointing to your hostname in /etc/hosts. I.e. > > <your_static_ip_here> <your_hostname_here> > > Reco
Not to derail the thread (hence the subject change) but being something of a lamer about how all this works and seeing it carefully laid out by Bob P. was very informative, as are Reco, Jonathan ... etc. Though my question is a minor one it will probably require a quick summary of my setup: Debian (jessie) Single user (really simple) setup on home lan. No trick stuff going on. This was close to a vanilla install. The only things that might be considered a little unusual for such a simple setup was using the exim4-heavy pkg (I wanted a small mail hub for the lan), and setting up a webserver. So cutting to the chase: I'm a bit puzzled by what seems like a curious line in my nsswitch.conf. The `hosts' entry: hosts: files myhostname mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns What does all that mean? I understand `files' first and `dns' at the end but none of what is in between. Further, I'm wondering if; where it says myhostname... it is supposed to be edited with my actual host name? Aside: My lan is totally fictitious, right out of my pea brain 10.0.0.0/ and `hostname -f dv.local.lan'. The 10.0.0.0/ is forced by comcasts new style modem/router/wifi hardware that used that IP. It can all be changed, of course, but would still be fictitious. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/87zje5nb06.fsf...@reader.local.lan
