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Manual Reference Pages  - avahi-dnsconfd (8)

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

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avahi-dnsconfd [options]

avahi-dnsconfd --kill

avahi-dnsconfd --refresh

avahi-dnsconfd --check

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.

-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

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

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.

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

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

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

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