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8 This file is part of avahi.
10 avahi is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
11 under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
12 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
13 License, or (at your option) any later version.
15 avahi is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
16 ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
17 or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General
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26 <manpage name="avahi-daemon" section="8" desc="The Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD daemon">
29 <cmd>avahi-daemon [<arg>options</arg>]</cmd>
30 <cmd>avahi-daemon <opt>--kill</opt></cmd>
31 <cmd>avahi-daemon <opt>--reload</opt></cmd>
32 <cmd>avahi-daemon <opt>--check</opt></cmd>
33 <cmd>avahi-daemon <opt>--version</opt></cmd>
34 <cmd>avahi-daemon <opt>--help</opt></cmd>
38 <p>The Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD daemon implementing Apple's ZeroConf
39 architecture (also known as "Rendezvous" or "Bonjour"). The daemon
40 registers local IP addresses and static services using
41 mDNS/DNS-SD and provides two IPC APIs for local programs to make
42 use of the mDNS record cache the avahi-daemon maintains. First
43 there is the so called "simple protocol" which is used
44 exclusively by avahi-dnsconfd (a daemon which configures unicast
45 DNS servers using server info published via mDNS) and nss-mdns
46 (a libc NSS plugin, providing name resolution via mDNS). Finally
47 there is the DBUS interface which provides a rich object
48 oriented interface to DBUS enabled applications.</p>
50 <p>Upon startup avahi-daemon interprets its configuration file
51 <file>@pkgsysconfdir@/avahi-daemon.conf</file> and reads XML
52 fragments from <file>@servicedir@/*.service</file> which may
53 define static DNS-SD services. If you enable
54 <opt>publish-resolv-conf-dns-servers</opt> in
55 <file>avahi-daemon.conf</file> the file
56 <file>/etc/resolv.conf</file> will be read, too.</p>
62 <p><opt>-f | --file=</opt> <arg>FILE</arg></p>
63 <optdesc><p>Specify the configuration file to read. (default: @pkgsysconfdir@/avahi-daemon.conf)</p></optdesc>
67 <p><opt>-D | --daemonize</opt></p>
68 <optdesc><p>Daemonize after startup and redirect log messages to syslog.</p></optdesc>
72 <p><opt>-k | --kill</opt></p>
73 <optdesc><p>Kill an already running avahi-daemon. (equivalent to sending a SIGTERM)</p></optdesc>
77 <p><opt>-r | --reload</opt></p>
78 <optdesc><p>Tell an already running avahi-daemon to reread
79 <file>/etc/resolv.conf</file> (in case you enabled
80 <opt>publish-resolv-conf-dns-servers</opt> in
81 <file>avahi-daemon.conf</file>) the files from
82 <file>@servicedir@/</file>. Please note that this will not
84 <file>@pkgsysconfdir@/avahi-daemon.conf</file>(equivalent to
85 sending a SIGHUP)</p></optdesc>
89 <p><opt>-c | --check</opt></p>
90 <optdesc><p>Return 0 as return code when avahi-daemon is already running.</p></optdesc>
94 <p><opt>-h | --help</opt></p>
95 <optdesc><p>Show help</p></optdesc>
99 <p><opt>-v | --version</opt></p>
100 <optdesc><p>Show version information </p></optdesc>
106 <section name="Files">
108 <p><file>@pkgsysconfdir@/avahi-daemon.conf</file>: the default configuration file for avahi-daemon.</p>
110 <p><file>@servicedir@/*.service</file>: static service definitions.</p>
114 <section name="Signals">
115 <p><arg>SIGINT, SIGTERM, SIGQUIT</arg>: avahi-daemon will shutdown. This is issued by passing --kill to avahi-daemon.</p>
116 <p><arg>SIGHUP</arg>: avahi-daemon will reload unicast DNS
117 server data from <file>/etc/resolv.conf</file> and static
118 service definitions from <file>@servicedir@/</file>.</p>
119 <p><arg>SIGUSR1</arg>: avahi-daemon will dump local and remote cached resource record data to syslog.</p>
122 <section name="Authors">
123 <p>The avahi developers <@PACKAGE_BUGREPORT@>; avahi is
124 available from <url href="@PACKAGE_URL@"/></p>
127 <section name="See also">
129 <manref name="avahi-dnsconfd" section="8"/>, <manref name="avahi-daemon.conf" section="5"/>, <manref name="avahi.service" section="5"/>
133 <section name="Comments">
134 <p>This man page was written using <manref name="xml2man" section="1"
135 href="http://masqmail.cx/xml2man/"/> by Oliver Kurth.</p>