In article <1191427807.683779.81530@o80g2000hse.googlegroups. com>,
"andrew.bell.ia@gmail.com" <andrew.bell.ia@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've got a Linux machine where ping doesn't seem to resolve a hostname
> if the full domainname isn't specified. Other programs do fine. For
> instance:

What's in your /etc/resolv.conf, and what does the "hosts" line of
/etc/nsswitch.conf contain?

>
> $ ping frogger
> ping: unknown host frogger
>
> $ ping frogger.cssm.iastate.edu
> PING frogger.cssm.iastate.edu (129.186.6.75) 56(84) bytes of data.
>
> ======
>
> $ telnet frogger
> Trying 129.186.6.75...
> telnet: connect to address 129.186.6.75: Connection refused
> $ telnet frogger.cssm.iastate.edu
> Trying 129.186.6.75...
> telnet: connect to address 129.186.6.75: Connection refused
>
> Any ideas appreciated.
>
> -- Andrew Bell
> andrew.bell.ia@gmail.com

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