Why can I not ping host?

Lindh-E
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In /etc/hosts/ I have

192.0.2.1 server example.com server.home

I can ssh into either and ping server successfully but if I try to ping server.home it says ping: unknown host server.home.

Why is this?

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pnemade
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Check this on how to write /etc/hosts file.

SantoshHoropter
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Change your file to 192.0.2.1 # server example.com server.home

you'll be fine.

With regards Horopter

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Asked: 2015-01-04 11:53:34 -0600

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Last updated: Jan 08 '15