getent hosts 192.168.0.1 does not return entry

Although a search of the Ubuntu Packages site returns that getent is part of libc6, I could not report a bug against libc6 as it is not part of the list of packages within the Malone system.

Bug reported: https://launchpad.net/products/launchpad/+bug/28586

It was suggested that I log the bug against glibc in the interim.

Works as expected here. Send your complete /etc/hosts and /etc/nsswitch.conf.

mizar:[~] grep 192.168.10.1 /etc/hosts
192.168.10.1 off
mizar:[~] getent hosts off
192.168.10.1 off
mizar:[~] host off 192.168.0.1
Using domain server:
Name: 192.168.0.1
Address: 192.168.0.1#53
Aliases:

Host off not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)

Hi all,

same issue here. The problem seem related to reverse lookup not involving /etc/hosts. There are some similarities here:

http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-hacker/2005-10/msg00002.html

/etc/hosts:

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
192.168.0.10 toki

62.152.107.236 danio
192.168.254.3 antispam.bipcamail.it
192.168.3.1 vela

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts

/etc/nsswitch.conf
# /etc/nsswitch.conf
#
# Example configuration of GNU Name Service Switch functionality.
# If you have the `glibc-doc' and `info' packages installed, try:
# `info libc "Name Service Switch"' for information about this file.

passwd: compat
group: compat
shadow: compat

hosts: files dns mdns
networks: files

protocols: db files
services: db files
ethers: db files
rpc: db files

netgroup: nis

getent hosts 192.168.3.1 give no result, but curiously enough, getent hosts 127.0.0.1 correctly print

127.0.0.1 localhost

Same problem in debian etch, so the bug seem definitely libc6 related.

HTH

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