How to get the systemd resolver to resolve local (i.e. unqalified) names?

[Chris Green]

On Sun, Jun 04, 2017 at 05:27:31AM -0400, Tom H wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 3, 2017 at 11:34 AM, Xen <list at xenhideout.nl> wrote:
> > Chris Green schreef op 03-06-2017 17:22:
> >>
> >> ... and this is even sillier:-
> >>
> >> chris at t470$ systemd-resolve esprimo
> >> esprimo: 192.168.1.3
> >> (esprimo.zbmc.eu)
> >>
> >> -- Information acquired via protocol DNS in 4.5ms.
> >> -- Data is authenticated: no
> >> chris at t470$ host esprimo
> >> Host esprimo not found: 2(SERVFAIL)
> >> chris at t470$
> >
> > Note that the systemd system works by changing /etc/nsswitch.conf, I
> > believe. On a typical Debian 8 host this file would look like this:
> >
> > hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns
> >
> > for the hosts line. I don't know what it does with you.
> 
> If you're using resolved, you can add "resolve" (before "dns") to the
> "hosts" line. "libnss_resolve" will then be used to query resolved
> directly.
> 
The hosts line is (in ubuntu 17.04) :-

    hosts:          files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] resolve [!UNAVAIL=return] dns

... removing the 'resolve [!UNAVAIL=return]' makes no difference to
the problem I have.


-- 
Chris Green