avahi-dnsconfd(8)

avahi-dnsconfd8

Unicast dns server from mdns/dns-sd configuration daemon

Usage

avahi-dnsconfd [options]

avahi-dnsconfd --kill

avahi-dnsconfd --refresh

avahi-dnsconfd --check

Overview

avahi-dnsconfd connects to a running avahi-daemon and runs the script /etc/avahi/avahi-dnsconfd.action 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

Daemonize after startup and redirect log messages to syslog.

-s | --syslog

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

-k | --kill

Kill an already running avahi-dnsconfd. (equivalent to sending a SIGTERM)

-r | --refresh

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

-c | --check

Return 0 as return code when avahi-dnsconfd is already running.

-h | --help

Show help

-v | --version

Show version information

Files

/etc/avahi/avahi-dnsconfd.action: the script to run when a DNS server is found or removed.

Signals

SIGINT, SIGTERM: avahi-dnsconfd will shutdown. This is issued by passing --kill to avahi-daemon.

SIGHUP: avahi-dnsconfd will refresh the DNS server data.

Comments

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

Releases

11 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 4.0–5.0
  2. 6.0
  3. 7–9
  4. 10–Arch

--syslog since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); -s since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze).

Authors

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

From avahi 1:0.9rc5-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.