On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 01:43:43PM -0400, Arch Willingham wrote:
> Oops...I did not know about that network command...good to know!
>
> OK..here goes:
>
> If I run "host execlinux"? The cursor just returns with no output
> (if I type the same thing from another machine, I get the error you
> mentioned).
I don't recall ever having host return with no message. It should
return an error message or an IP address and other information.
>
> If I ping the IP address, I get normal returns.
>
> If I "ping -c 5 execlinux", I get "ping: unknown host execlinux"
Those two together suggest a name resolution problem. That error
message suggests a non-Linux computer. It that's a Windows box, it
could have a caching issue. Or if you have multiple DNS servers, you
might have a propagation issue. To check the latter, on both machines
run several lookups specifying each of the DNS servers:
[ccurley@dragon ~]$ host phoenix dragon
Using domain server:
Name: dragon
Address: 192.168.1.4#53
Aliases:
phoenix.localdomain has address 192.168.1.47
[ccurley@dragon ~]$ host phoenix charlesc
Using domain server:
Name: charlesc
Address: 192.168.1.3#53
Aliases:
phoenix.localdomain has address 192.168.1.47
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