avahi‐dnsconfd(8)           System Manager’s Manual          avahi‐dnsconfd(8)

NAME
       avahi‐dnsconfd - Unicast DNS server from mDNS/DNS‐SD configuration dae‐
       mon

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/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.

       ‐s | ‐‐syslog
              Log to syslog instead of STDERR. Implied by ‐‐daemonize.

       ‐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: avahi‐dnsconfd will shutdown. This is issued by pass‐
       ing ‐‐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.

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