Aaron, .local is the proposed reserved top-level domain (TLD) for link- local addresses, to be queried by mDNS (multicast DNS) instead of "normal" DNS. AFAIK currently this is a draft which is scheduled to become an IETF RFC: http://files.multicastdns.org/draft-cheshire-dnsext- multicastdns.txt
Either don't use Avahi (which implements mDNS/DNS-SD), or use another TLD for your vmware instances. But remember that any Apple computer will have Bonjour (the original implementation of mDNS/DNS-SD) running, causing the same problems as long as you use .local for other purposes. (Another solution might be to announce the vmware instances through mDNS of course.) -- mdns listed in nsswitch.conf causes excessive time for dns lookups https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94940 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
