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Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:04:57 -0800
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Subject: Re: 1.7.1 ssh on win7 Non-recoverable failure in name resolution  ?
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On 2010/02/09 9:17 PM, William Deegan wrote:
> When I try to ssh to my favorite host using my favorite username I get
> the following error:
> ssh: Could not resolve hostname myhost.xyz.com: Non-recoverable
> failure in name resolution

I see you have the 'bind' package installed, so you should have 'dig'.
What do you get when you run 'dig' with no arguments?

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