[arch-general] Cannot no longer resolve local hostname with the new nsswitch.conf

[Damjan Georgievski]

On 8 November 2016 at 13:37, Chi-Hsuan Yen via arch-general
<arch-general at archlinux.org> wrote:
> Hi Arch enthuasiasts,
>
> With testing/filesystem 2016.11-2, I can no longer use my local hostname to
> acess services on the local machine. For example:
>
> $ hostname
> PC12574
>
> $ ping PC12574
> ping: PC12574: Name or service not known
>
> Seems changes in nsswitch.conf [1] does the effect. If I change the hosts:
> line in nsswitch.conf back to the old configuration "files resolve
> mymachines myhostname", or remove the [!UNAVAIL=return] part from this
> line, ping works fine:

do you have systemd-resolved running?
what does `getent -s resolve hosts <you hostname>` return?

-- 
damjan