Update from Squeeze to Wheezy : host not found

[Glenn Satchell]

Have you set /etc/nsswitch.conf to have

hosts:
On Wed, November 13, 2013 8:21 pm, Vincent wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I've got a strange behaviour after upgrading my Debian server from
> squeeze (dhcpd v4.1.1 / bind v9.7.3) to wheezy (dhcpd v4.2.2 / bind
> v9.8.4).
>
> Until many years I'm used to configure theses services for small networks
> and I'm using host declarations with a fixed-address (fqdn, not IP) like
> this :
>
> host pascaglia {
>   hardware ethernet 11:22:33:44:55:66;
>   fixed-address pascaglia.mydomain.local;
> }
>
> When any host declared like this is asking for a lease, i got from syslog
> :
> dhcpd: pascaglia.mydomain.local: host unknown.
>
> Instead of providing the correct IP/lease, the client gets a "generic IP"
> from the pool, not the fixed one.
>
> NB : The local bind server is OK and when asked (dig, nslookup), give the
> correct IP for pascaglia.mydomain.local or pascaglia (thanks to the
> search/domain directives of resolv.conf). The reverse is OK too.
>
> The dhcpd.conf(5) manual clearly indicates that using dns is possible :
> "Each address in the fixed-address declaration should be either an IP
> address or a domain name that resolves to one or more IP addresses."
>
> But the resolution is not done anymore !
>
> Many hours searching the net and list archives about this, but not found
> any clue about it... so I'm asking you... what am i missing ?
>
> --
> Vincent
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