Nginx server_name command being ignored

[Antonio P.P. Almeida]

> Hi, I'm running ubuntu server 12.04 and the latest version of nginx. The
> problem I am having is that nginx seems to be ignoring the server_name
> command, I am able to access the server by going to the IP address of the
> server or by going to the server's name (http://ubuntuserver/) but
> http://test/ will give me nothing, no connection, not even an error page.
> I
> have checked that the website file (in enabled-sites) is included in the
> nginx.conf file and I have correctly restarted nginx having changed
> settings. I have tried with the whole server block stripped down to just
> the
> server_name designation and still I can't get anything at http://test/ and
> in this case I get an expected error page on http://ubuntuserver/
>
> I can only deduce that for some reason the "server_name" command is being
> ignored!
>

Is there a resolver (DNS or /etc/hosts) for test?

What does ping test gives?

--appa