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From: Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] DNS error with ssh
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:44:40
Message-Id: CAN0CFw2U7g9YHZD+R+LsO8XScegdhxkvNQN=MsAJfVd3s1BCBA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] DNS error with ssh by Paul Hartman
1 >> I'm not able to ssh to any domain, although IPs work.  I get:
2 >>
3 >> $ ssh example.com
4 >> ssh: Could not resolve hostname example.com: Name or service not known
5 >>
6 >> I can ping domains no problem, and web browsing works.  I've tried
7 >> rebooting and re-emerging openssh.  I am connected to an unfamiliar
8 >> wireless network (with no alternative right now) but I could ssh to
9 >> domains no problem over this network before.  Does this make sense to
10 >> anyone?
11 >
12 > It does not :)
13 >
14 > So, if you do:
15 >
16 > host example.com
17
18 I'm not sure which package that is.
19
20 > it shows the correct IP address?
21 >
22 > If you ssh to that IP address, it works?
23
24 Yes, that works.
25
26 > Nothing related to this hostname is in your /etc/hosts is it? Does
27 > your /etc/resolv.conf look okay to you?
28
29 /etc/hosts only has my 127.0.0.1 entry. /etc/resolv.conf looked fine
30 with a domain entry and a nameserver entry but I removed both and
31 added Google's nameserver at 8.8.8.8 and it works.
32
33 > Weird...
34
35 Yeah I don't get it. Check this out:
36
37 $ ping google.com
38 PING google.com (74.125.224.84) 56(84) bytes of data.
39 64 bytes from 74.125.224.84: icmp_req=1 ttl=55 time=97.1 ms
40 64 bytes from 74.125.224.84: icmp_req=2 ttl=55 time=97.1 ms
41 64 bytes from 74.125.224.84: icmp_req=3 ttl=55 time=97.5 ms
42 ^C
43 --- google.com ping statistics ---
44 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 5142ms
45 rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 97.105/97.268/97.539/0.319 ms
46 $ ssh google.com
47 ssh: Could not resolve hostname google.com: Name or service not known
48
49 - Grant

Replies

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Re: [gentoo-user] DNS error with ssh Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] DNS error with ssh Albert Hopkins <marduk@×××××××××××.org>