My problem is that my Ubuntu machine seems to have its FQDN setup correctly, yet I cannot ping the FQDN from a windows machine on the same network.
Output of various commands on my Ubuntu machine:
hostname : test
hostname -d : testdomain.com
hostname -f : test.testdomain.com
My Ubuntu version is 13.04.
Relevant line in /etc/hosts:
127.0.1.1 test.testdomain.com test
Hosts line from /etc/nsswitch.conf:
hosts: files dns
Line from /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf:
send host-name = gethostname();
Now, my network uses Windows DNS servers and I found this bug report that contains what looks like a relevant issue. It was fixed in isc-dhcp - 4.2.4-1ubuntu10.2
Ubuntu 13.04 comes with 4.2.4-5ubuntu2
My question is: How do I get this to work so that the Windows DNS Server gets successfully updated with the IP address and FQDN of the ubuntu machine?
test.testdomain.com
to127.0.0.1
runs afoul of the convention that127.0.0.1
meanslocalhost
, that is "this computer right here".