On Fri, 04.11.11 15:28, Reindl Harald (h.reindl(a)thelounge.net) wrote:
[harry@srv-rhsoft:~]$ ssh root(a)centos.vmware.local
ssh: Could not resolve hostname centos.vmware.local: Name or service not known
[harry@srv-rhsoft:~]$ nslookup centos.vmware.local
Server: 127.0.0.1
Address: 127.0.0.1#53
Name: centos.vmware.local
Address: 192.168.196.24
Note that ".local" is the mDNS ad-hoc domain as implemented by Avahi,
Bonjour/MacOS, and a lot of hardware. nslookup will only work for
unicast DNS names, and hence will bypass any mDNS lookups.
It's a good idea to avoid referencing .local hostnames from unicast DNS.
Lennart
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Lennart Poettering - Red Hat, Inc.