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avahi-daemon(8)						       avahi-daemon(8)

NAME
       avahi-daemon - The Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD daemon

SYNOPSIS
       avahi-daemon [options]

       avahi-daemon --kill

       avahi-daemon --reload

       avahi-daemon --check

DESCRIPTION
       The  Avahi  mDNS/DNS-SD daemon implements Apple's Zeroconf architecture
       (also known as "Rendezvous" or "Bonjour"). The daemon  registers	 local
       IP addresses and static services using mDNS/DNS-SD and provides two IPC
       APIs for local programs to make use of the mDNS record cache the avahi-
       daemon  maintains. First there is the so called "simple protocol" which
       is used exclusively by avahi-dnsconfd (a daemon which  configures  uni‐
       cast  DNS servers using server info published via mDNS) and nss-mdns (a
       libc NSS plugin, providing name resolution via mDNS). Finally there  is
       the  D-Bus interface which provides a rich object oriented interface to
       D-Bus enabled applications.

       Upon   startup	avahi-daemon   interprets   its	  configuration	  file
       /home/lennart/tmp/avahi/etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf and reads XML frag‐
       ments from  /home/lennart/tmp/avahi/etc/avahi/services/*.service	 which
       may  define  static DNS-SD services. If you enable publish-resolv-conf-
       dns-servers in avahi-daemon.conf	 the  file  /etc/resolv.conf  will  be
       read, too.

OPTIONS
       -f | --file= FILE
	      Specify	 the	configuration	 file	to   read.   (default:
	      /home/lennart/tmp/avahi/etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf)

       -D | --daemonize
	      Daemonize after startup. Implies --syslog.

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

       --debug
	      Increase verbosity to debug level.

       --no-rlimits
	      Don't enforce resource limits as specified in the	 configuration
	      file. (See setrlimit(2) for more information)

       --no-drop-root
	      Don't  drop root privileges after startup and don't require dae‐
	      mon to be started as root. We recommend not to use this option.

       --no-chroot
	      Don't chroot(2) the daemon. This option is only  available  when
	      compiled with chroot() support.

       --no-proc-title
	      Don't  change the process name while running. Unless this option
	      is specified avahi-daemon will reflect its current state and the
	      selected host name in the process title.

       -k | --kill
	      Kill  an	already running avahi-daemon. (equivalent to sending a
	      SIGTERM)

       -r | --reload
	      Tell an already running avahi-daemon to reread  /etc/resolv.conf
	      (in  case	 you enabled publish-resolv-conf-dns-servers in avahi-
	      daemon.conf)	       the	       files		  from
	      /home/lennart/tmp/avahi/etc/avahi/services/.  Please  note  that
	      this	     will	    not		  reload	   the
	      /home/lennart/tmp/avahi/etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf. (equivalent
	      to sending a SIGHUP)

       -c | --check
	      Return 0 as return code when avahi-daemon is already running.

       -h | --help
	      Show help

       -v | --version
	      Show version information

FILES
       /home/lennart/tmp/avahi/etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf: the	 default  con‐
       figuration  file for avahi-daemon, avahi-daemon.conf(5) for more infor‐
       mation.

       /home/lennart/tmp/avahi/etc/avahi/hosts:	 additional  static   hostname
       mappings to publish in mDNS, see avahi.hosts(5) for more information.

       /home/lennart/tmp/avahi/etc/avahi/services/*.service:   static  service
       definitions, see avahi.service(5) for more information.

SIGNALS
       SIGINT, SIGTERM: avahi-daemon will shutdown. (Same as --kill).

       SIGHUP:	avahi-daemon  will  reload  unicast  DNS  server   data	  from
       /etc/resolv.conf	    and	    static     service	   definitions	  from
       /home/lennart/tmp/avahi/etc/avahi/services/. (Same as --reload)

       SIGUSR1: avahi-daemon will dump local and remote cached resource record
       data to syslog.

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

SEE ALSO
       avahi-daemon.conf(5),	avahi.hosts(5),	   avahi.service(5),	avahi-
       dnsconfd(8), avahi-set-host-name(1)

       http://avahi.org/wiki/AvahiAndUnicastDotLocal  documents	 the  problems
       when using Avahi in a unicast DNS zone .local.

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

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