avahi-dnsconfd(8) - Linux man page

Name

avahi-dnsconfd - Unicast DNS server from mDNS/DNS-SD configuration daemon

Synopsis

avahi-dnsconfd [options]

avahi-dnsconfd --kill

avahi-dnsconfd --refresh

avahi-dnsconfd --check

Description

avahi-dnsconfd connects to a running avahi-daemon and runs the script /etc/avahi/dnsconfd.action for each unicast DNS server that is announced on the local LAN. This is useful for configuring unicast DNS servers in a DHCP-like fashion with mDNS.

Options

-D | --daemonize
Daemonize after startup and redirect log messages to syslog.
-k | --kill
Kill an already running avahi-dnsconfd. (equivalent to sending a SIGTERM)
-r | --refresh
Tell an already running avahi-dnsconfd to refresh the DNS server data. (equivalent to sending a SIGHUP)
-c | --check
Return 0 as return code when avahi-dnsconfd is already running.
-h | --help
Show help
-v | --version
Show version information

Files

/etc/avahi/avahi-dnsconfd.action: the script to run when a DNS server is found or removed.

Signals

SIGINT, SIGTERM, SIGQUIT: avahi-dnsconfd will shutdown. This is issued by passing --kill to avahi-daemon.

SIGHUP: avahi-dnsconfd will refresh the DNS server data.

Authors

The Avahi Developers <avahi (at) lists (dot) freedesktop (dot) org>; Avahi is available from http://avahi.org/

See Also

avahi-daemon(8), avahi-dnsconfd.action(8)

Comments

This man page was written using xml2man(1) by Oliver Kurth.

Referenced By

avahi-daemon.conf(5)