user zimbra can't ping localhost, but root can?

[gtr33m]

It's definitively not a good way to run the server, particularly since it can't be started without user intervention, but it's only for another couple of days to transfer data, and no longer the live server, so at least it's up.

I am curious though.

# /etc/nsswitch.conf
#
# Example configuration of GNU Name Service Switch functionality.
# If you have the `glibc-doc-reference' and `info' packages installed, try:
# `info libc "Name Service Switch"' for information about this file.

passwd:         compat
group:          compat
shadow:         compat

hosts:          files dns mdns
networks:       files

protocols:      db files
services:       db files
ethers:         db files
rpc:            db files

netgroup:       nis

and getenforce comes back as disabled

[phoenix]

Try uninstalling the Multicast DNS service and/or remove the entry from the nsswicth.conf i.e. change the following:

hosts:          files dns mdns

to

hosts:          files dns

and see if that fixes it.

[gtr33m]

Removed the entry and avahi-daemon.

No luck.