On 2020-08-07 18:48, Tom H wrote: > On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 1:05 AM ToddAndMargo via users > <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 > As Ed G's pointed out, you need "systemd-resolved" to be running to be > able to use "resolve". > > You can use "getent ..." or even "ping -c1 _gateway". He keeps saying he doesn't want to use ping as he isn't interested in what I would term "up". :-) -- 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