On 10/12/19 2:50 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 10/13/19 2:48 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
Summary:
In a default setup, host name resolution is, in order of priority:
/etc/hosts/, mdns, and dns.
The order is controlled by the contents of /etc/nsswitch.conf. The
defaults are as discribed.
I was trying to reduce the complication a bit so I didn't mention that.
You probably don't want to maintain a hosts file for all the computers
on your network, especially if you are using DHCP.
DNS is generally way overkill and more work to manage.
The easiest method is to use mdns, otherwise known as Bonjour on Macs
and probably some other names. Use "hostnamectl set-hostname myname"
to set a unique name on each computer. Make sure "avahi-daemon" is
running (should be). Make sure you have "nss-mdns" installed (should
be by default). Then you should be able to do "ping myname" (using
whatever name you set earlier).
I'm not well versed in the use of mdns since some devices on my
networks don't utilized it. So, I tend to
setup a DNS server in the routers I use. This leads me to wonder if it
is possible to actually "ping myname".
I thought one needed "ping myname.local".
That is correct. I was confused by the DNS before when I thought this
was working. If you set your DNS domain to .local then I think it would
work.
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