Re: nmcli and gateway question
On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 1:05 AM ToddAndMargo via users
<users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
On 2020-08-05 02:09, Tom H wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 1:32 AM ToddAndMargo via users
> <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
>> On 2020-08-03 03:40, Tom H wrote:
>>>
>>> "resolvectl query _gateway" will tell you that the gateway's
set
>>> to X ip address, but only if you have "myhostname" in
>>> "nsswitch.conf".
>>
>> I think I misunderstand.
>>
>> $ resolvectl query _gateway
>> _gateway: resolve call failed: Could not activate remote peer.
>
> grep myhostname /etc/nsswitch.conf
$ grep myhostname /etc/nsswitch.conf
hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns myhostname
As Ed G's pointed out, you need "systemd-resolved" to be running to be
able to use "resolve".
You can use "getent ..." or even "ping -c1 _gateway".