D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote on 2024-02-26 22:43:
I'm starting to use .local. So machines declare
their hostname and mDNS / bonjour gets to resolve name.local. Neat.
I ought to look into using .local myself, instead of when I had DDNS
running. Sounds interesting.
Tonight I'm creating an experimental NextCloud server. Let's say it's
hostname is nc.
- ping nc.local works
- ssh nc.local works
- host nc.local works
- Firefox and even links cannot see nc.local.
Why is that?
I'm not sure, but I suspect somehow `ping`, `ssh`, and `host` avoid mDNS
entirely.
For your situation to work, it appears you need to tweak your
/etc/nsswitch.conf file:
https://superuser.com/questions/1417190/why-do-i-need-to-change-the-order-of-hosts-in-nsswitch-conf
https://askubuntu.com/questions/678372/chrome-and-firefox-can-not-resolve-the-same-host-name-dig-can
Basically, there should be a line which prioritizes mdns4_minimal over
dns, similar to:
> hosts: files mdns4_minimal dns
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