Why is FQDN not found?

Why can I ping the hostname, but not the fully-qualified domain name of a box?


westk@westek:~$ ping k1000
PING k1000.acu.local (150.252.149.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 150.252.149.1: icmp_req=1 ttl=62 time=0.128 ms
^C64 bytes from 150.252.149.1: icmp_req=2 ttl=62 time=0.138 ms

--- k1000.acu.local ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 5002ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.128/0.133/0.138/0.005 ms


westk@westek:~$ ping k1000.acu.local
ping: unknown host k1000.acu.local


westk@westek:~$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
# Generated by NetworkManager
domain acu.local
search acu.local
nameserver 150.252.134.8
nameserver 150.252.134.159
nameserver 150.252.228.8
nameserver 150.252.135.4


westk@westek:~$ nslookup k1000
Server: 150.252.134.8
Address: 150.252.134.8#53

Name: k1000.acu.local
Address: 150.252.149.1

westk@westek:~$ nslookup k1000.acu.local
Server: 150.252.134.8
Address: 150.252.134.8#53

Name: k1000.acu.local
Address: 150.252.149.1


I googled for this problem and found instructions to change 1 to 0 in the /etc/default/avahi-daemon file (after which I did a "sudo /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon restart" command), but that didn't solve the problem (so I put the /etc/default/avahi-daemon file back to the way it was).

I have a MacBook running an up-to-date OS/X, and it can ping both the hostname and the FQDN (and it's resolv.conf file looks pretty much the same as the above), so it seems to be a problem in this Debian box (westek).

Any clues?

Thanks!

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