On 2020-08-07 11:19, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > On 2020-08-06 16:54, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 2020-08-07 07:05, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: >>> On 2020-08-05 02:09, Tom H wrote: >>>> On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 1:32 AM ToddAndMargo via users >>>> <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> On 2020-08-03 03:40, Tom H wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> "resolvectl query _gateway" will tell you that the gateway's set to >>>>>> X ip address, but only if you have "myhostname" in "nsswitch.conf". >>>>> >>>>> I think I misunderstand. >>>>> >>>>> $ resolvectl query _gateway >>>>> _gateway: resolve call failed: Could not activate remote peer. >>>> >>>> grep myhostname /etc/nsswitch.conf >>> >>> $ grep myhostname /etc/nsswitch.conf >>> hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns myhostname >> >> I suppose you missed the discussion about resolvectl needing to work with systemd-resolved.service. >> >> So, to use resolvectl you need to have systemd-resolved.service running. It is disabled by default. >> > > What would it give me? > The ability to run the "resolvectl" command and not get the error message you cite. man resolvectl tells you about the command. And, if you read the discussion I had with Tom H you'd know my opinion on what it brings to the table and my understanding of what you wanted to know. -- The key to getting good answers is to ask good questions. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx