Why do I get an error when pinging a windows computer by HOSTNAME from Linux Unbutu 20.04?

Question

I have a Hyper-V Linx Ubuntu 20.04 VM I'm trying to ping a windows box in my domain via it's HOSTHAME.

I've followed some threads with this suggested fix:

sudo apt-get install libnss-winbind

I then updated /etc/nsswitch.conf to contain the following line:

hosts:          files dns wins

Now when I attempt to ping the windows machine by HOSTNAME, I get the following error:

ping SOMESERVER
ping:SOMESERVER: Name or Service not found

What do I need to do in order to get this to work? Are there additional configuration changes that I need to make?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 13 '20 at 04:00

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Check your DNS servers / your DNS Suffix. You have have to ping the FQDN of the machine

answered Nov 13 '20 at 04:00

jstuart-tech

sorry, not entirely sure what you mean. Can you pls explain more? Thx – JohnB Nov 13 '20 at 04:16
@jstuart-tech But you __do__ know what DNS ist, right? – bjoster Nov 16 '20 at 12:06

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