avahi-dnsconfd - Man Page
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/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 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
Comments
This man page was written using xml2man(1) by Oliver Kurth.
Referenced By
avahi-daemon(8), avahi-daemon.conf(5), avahi-dnsconfd.action(8).