resolver broken on feisty? (was Re: sshd complains: POSSIBLE BREAK-IN ATTEMPT)

[Karl Auer]

> Below is all the information in full detail.  Especially interesting are
> the last two commands: ping from ubuntu(target) to raven says "unknown host"
> but dig can actually resolve the address.

A quick fix would be to put 192.168.1.12 in /etc/hosts on the target. As
a general rule, /etc/hosts should be identical everywhere within your
network.

I have no ready answer for why dig works and ping doesn't.

I am suspicious of that /etc/hosts.conf file. Try renaming it to
something else and seeing what happens.

Regards, K.

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