On Fri, 04.11.11 17:06, Reindl Harald (h.reindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > > Note that ".local" is the mDNS ad-hoc domain as implemented by Avahi, > > Bonjour/MacOS, and a lot of hardware > > this domain name was used / selected LONG before avahi was a topic Well, believe me, there's no point in bitching here about Avahi. I didn't make the choice that .local was the mDNS domain. Apple did. > > nslookup will only work for unicast DNS names, and hence will bypass any mDNS lookups. > > as you see "nslookup" does not bypass, it resolves > so what component and how to tell leave my configuration in peace? It bypasses the NSS which implements mDNS lookups. If you want mDNS to be removed from your NSS stack, then edit /etc/nsswitch.conf and remove it there. Lennart -- Lennart Poettering - Red Hat, Inc. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
