avahi-dnsconfd 8 User Manuals
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 \f1
DESCRIPTION
avahi-dnsconfd connects to a running avahi-daemon and runs the script /etc/avahi/dnsconfd.action\f1 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\f1 Daemonize after startup and redirect log messages to syslog.

-k | --kill\f1 Kill an already running avahi-dnsconfd. (equivalent to sending a SIGTERM)

-r | --refresh\f1 Tell an already running avahi-dnsconfd to refresh the DNS server data. (equivalent to sending a SIGHUP)

-c | --check\f1 Return 0 as return code when avahi-dnsconfd is already running.

-h | --help\f1 Show help

-v | --version\f1 Show version information

FILES
/etc/avahi/avahi-dnsconfd.action\f1: the script to run when a DNS server is found or removed.
SIGNALS
SIGINT, SIGTERM, SIGQUIT\f1: avahi-dnsconfd will shutdown. This is issued by passing --kill to avahi-daemon. SIGHUP\f1: 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/\f1
SEE ALSO
avahi-daemon(8)\f1, avahi-dnsconfd.action(8)\f1
COMMENTS
This man page was written using xml2man(1)\f1 by Oliver Kurth.