avahi-daemon - The Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD daemon avahi-daemon [options] avahi-daemon --kill avahi-daemon --reload avahi-daemon --check \f1 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 unicast 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 /etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf\f1 and reads XML fragments from /etc/avahi/services/*.service\f1 which may define static DNS-SD services. If you enable publish-resolv-conf-dns-servers\f1 in avahi-daemon.conf\f1 the file /etc/resolv.conf\f1 will be read, too.

-f | --file=\f1 FILE\f1 Specify the configuration file to read. (default: /etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf)

-D | --daemonize\f1 Daemonize after startup. Implies --syslog\f1.

-s | --syslog\f1 Log to syslog instead of STDERR. Implied by --daemonize\f1.

--debug\f1 Increase verbosity to debug level.

--no-rlimits\f1 Don't enforce resource limits as specified in the configuration file. (See setrlimit(2)\f1 for more information)

--no-drop-root\f1 Don't drop root priviliges after startup and don't require daemon to be started as root. We recommend not to use this option.

--no-chroot\f1 Don't chroot(2)\f1 the daemon. This option is only available when compiled with chroot() support.

--no-proc-title\f1 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\f1 Kill an already running avahi-daemon. (equivalent to sending a SIGTERM)

-r | --reload\f1 Tell an already running avahi-daemon to reread /etc/resolv.conf\f1 (in case you enabled publish-resolv-conf-dns-servers\f1 in avahi-daemon.conf\f1) the files from /etc/avahi/services/\f1. Please note that this will not reload the /etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf\f1. (equivalent to sending a SIGHUP)

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

-h | --help\f1 Show help

-v | --version\f1 Show version information

/etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf\f1: the default configuration file for avahi-daemon, avahi-daemon.conf(5)\f1 for more information. /etc/avahi/hosts\f1: additional static hostname mappings to publish in mDNS, see avahi.hosts(5)\f1 for more information. /etc/avahi/services/*.service\f1: static service definitions, see avahi.service(5)\f1 for more information. SIGINT, SIGTERM, SIGQUIT\f1: avahi-daemon will shutdown. (Same as --kill\f1). SIGHUP\f1: avahi-daemon will reload unicast DNS server data from /etc/resolv.conf\f1 and static service definitions from /etc/avahi/services/\f1. (Same as --reload\f1) SIGUSR1\f1: avahi-daemon will dump local and remote cached resource record data to syslog. The Avahi Developers <avahi (at) lists (dot) freedesktop (dot) org>; Avahi is available from http://avahi.org/\f1 avahi-daemon.conf(5)\f1, avahi.hosts(5)\f1, avahi.service(5)\f1, avahi-dnsconfd(8)\f1, avahi-set-host-name(1)\f1 http://avahi.org/wiki/AvahiAndUnicastDotLocal documents the problems when using Avahi in a unicast DNS zone .local. This man page was written using xml2man(1)\f1 by Oliver Kurth.