[ubuntu-us-mi] hostname lookup bug?

[Jay R. Wren]

I didn't reply to your message with any of the so far mentioned
suggestions BECAUSE dig talks directly to DNS servers, not to the local
resolver library.

I'm puzzled by the behavior you describe.
--
j

On 11/9/2010 12:04 PM, Robert Citek wrote:
> Thanks.  That is useful to know.  I checked my machine for nscd, but
> alas, it is not running.  In fact, it is not even installed.
>
> But even if nscd was running, I find it disturbing that dig appears to
> ignore that I explicitly specified the name server.
>
> Regards,
> - Robert
>
> On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Wolfger <wolfger at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Possibly useful:
>> http://www.ubuntugeek.com/howto-clearflush-dns-cache-in-ubuntu.html
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Robert Citek <robert.citek at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I'm trying to figure out where the issue is with name resolution on
>>> Ubuntu Lucid 10.04.  Here are the symptoms in psuedo-commands:
>>>
>>> on Red Hat machine:
>>> $ dig @foo bar
>>> -> 10.1.1.1
>>>
>>> on Ubuntu:
>>> $ dig @foo bar
>>> -> 10.1.1.1
>>>
>>> Remove bar from DNS on foo.
>>>
>>> on Red Hat machine:
>>> $ dig @foo bar
>>> -> no IP
>>>
>>> on Ubuntu:
>>> $ dig @foo bar
>>> -> 10.1.1.1
>>>
>>> reboot Ubuntu machine.
>>> on Ubuntu:
>>> $ dig @foo bar
>>> -> no IP
>>>
>>> Why is Ubuntu still returning an IP for machine foo?  What is being
>>> cleared/stopped by the reboot?
>>>
>>> I'll try to setup a self-contained real example a bit later.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> - Robert
>>>
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>>
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>>
>> The world is a mess, and I just... need to rule it.
>>
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