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  • That does it. Btw, is the successful wins query with no answer also reflected in the output I posted? If so, could you tell me where? Since I'm not too good at interpreting that output :p Commented Mar 29, 2014 at 19:03
  • @Ivarpoiss Only in the nsswitch.conf file you posted. Commented Mar 29, 2014 at 19:23
  • That did the trick for me too! Just so I know, to which package is this configuration file related? Commented Mar 13, 2015 at 12:03
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    @martin libc6. The base C library contains the functions such as gethostbyname that do DNS lookups. The default is located at /usr/share/libc-bin/nsswitch.conf Commented Mar 13, 2015 at 13:11
  • I had a similar issue, deleting the [notfound=return] bits cleared it up, resolution is still a bit slower than it was last week before the upgrades/reinstalls that caused the issue but at least it resolves. (tip: copy the line and comment out the copy before making changes) Commented Aug 20, 2020 at 1:09