Description of problem: Can't print. It looks like it is printing, but then errors out with "unable to resolve myprinter.local" Or more simply: `getent ahostsv4 myprinter.local` returns nothing. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): nss-mdns-0.14.1-2.fc29.x86_64 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. point your DNS in /etc/resolv.conf to something that gives back a SOA for the .local domain. (Test with `host -t SOA local.`. 8.8.8.8 will say not found, which is good. My stupid AT&T DNS will say `local has SOA record ns1-etm.att.net. nomail.etm.att.net. 1 604800 3600 2419200 900`.) 68.94.156.8 is the broken one that I was using. 2. Try to print to a printer that is looked up via mdns. Or more simply, run `getent hosts myname.local` if your avahi-daemon lists a myname in `systemctl status avahi-daemon` output, something like "Server startup complete. Host name is myname.local.". Actual results: cups will whine about not being able to resolve yourprinter.local. Or getent will return no output. Expected results: A gorgeous full-color printout of my New Zealand vacation photo. Or an IP address. Additional info: This is not bug 1471318. If you are getting here from a web search, check your hosts: line in /etc/nsswitch.conf to see if you're hitting that bug first. The bug here is that nss-mdns is "helpfully" disabling itself if your DNS server resolves .local addresses, even though your nsswitch.conf file specifically says to try mdns first. (I guess this is because various intranets were using .local and this broke them?) I have two possible workarounds: the easy one is to switch your DNS to something sane like 8.8.8.8 or 1.1.1.1. (Mine was set to my router, which got the crappy AT&T DNS server via DHCP.) The more complex one is to: 1. Change your nsswitch.conf to use mdns4 in place of mdns4_minimal, eg: hosts: files mdns4 [NOTFOUND=return] dns myhostname This is because mdns4 checks /etc/mdns.allow and mdns4_minimal does not. 2. Create a file /etc/mdns.allow containing: # Comment making productive use of your favored curse words. .local. .local This is supposedly the default behavior, but it will also skip the helpful check to see if DNS can resolve `local.`
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