there is the DBUS interface which provides a rich object
oriented interface to DBUS enabled applications.</p>
- <p>Upon startup avahi-daemon interpretes its configuration file
- @pkgsysconfdir@/avahi-daemon.conf and reads XML fragments from
- @servicedir@/*.service which may define static DNS-SD
- services.</p>
+ <p>Upon startup avahi-daemon interprets its configuration file
+ <file>@pkgsysconfdir@/avahi-daemon.conf</file> and reads XML
+ fragments from <file>@servicedir@/*.service</file> which may
+ define static DNS-SD services. If you enable
+ <opt>publish-resolv-conf-dns-servers</opt> in
+ <file>avahi-daemon.conf</file> the file
+ <file>/etc/resolv.conf</file> will be read, too.</p>
</description>
<options>
<option>
<p><opt>-D | --daemonize</opt></p>
- <optdesc><p>Daemonize avahi-daemon after startup and redirect log messages to syslog.</p></optdesc>
+ <optdesc><p>Daemonize after startup. Implies <opt>--syslog</opt></p></optdesc>
</option>
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>-s | --syslog</opt></p>
+ <optdesc><p>Log to syslog instead of STDERR. Implied by <opt>--daemonize</opt></p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>--debug</opt></p>
+ <optdesc><p>Increase verbosity to debug level</p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>--no-rlimits</opt></p>
+ <optdesc><p>Don't enforce resource limits as specified in the configuration file. (See <manref section="2" name="setrlimit"/> for more information)</p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>--no-drop-root</opt></p>
+ <optdesc><p>Don't drop root priviliges after startup and don't require daemon to be started as root. We recommend not to use this option.</p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
<option>
<p><opt>-k | --kill</opt></p>
<optdesc><p>Kill an already running avahi-daemon. (equivalent to sending a SIGTERM)</p></optdesc>
<option>
<p><opt>-r | --reload</opt></p>
- <optdesc><p>Tell an already running avahi-daemon to reread the files from @servicedir@/. (equivalent to sending a SIGHUP)</p></optdesc>
+ <optdesc><p>Tell an already running avahi-daemon to reread
+ <file>/etc/resolv.conf</file> (in case you enabled
+ <opt>publish-resolv-conf-dns-servers</opt> in
+ <file>avahi-daemon.conf</file>) the files from
+ <file>@servicedir@/</file>. Please note that this will not
+ reload the
+ <file>@pkgsysconfdir@/avahi-daemon.conf</file>(equivalent to
+ sending a SIGHUP)</p></optdesc>
</option>
<option>
<optdesc><p>Show version information </p></optdesc>
</option>
+
</options>
<section name="Signals">
<p><arg>SIGINT, SIGTERM, SIGQUIT</arg>: avahi-daemon will shutdown. This is issued by passing --kill to avahi-daemon.</p>
- <p><arg>SIGHUP</arg>: avahi-daemon will reload the static service definitions from @servicedir@/.</p>
+ <p><arg>SIGHUP</arg>: avahi-daemon will reload unicast DNS
+ server data from <file>/etc/resolv.conf</file> and static
+ service definitions from <file>@servicedir@/</file>.</p>
<p><arg>SIGUSR1</arg>: avahi-daemon will dump local and remote cached resource record data to syslog.</p>
</section>
<section name="See also">
<p>
- <manref name="avahi-dnsconfd" section="8"/>, <manref name="avahi-daemon.conf" section="5"/>
+ <manref name="avahi-daemon.conf" section="5"/>, <manref name="avahi.service" section="5"/>, <manref name="avahi-dnsconfd" section="8"/>
</p>
</section>