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

DESCRIPTION

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

AUTHORS

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

SEE ALSO

       avahi-daemon(8), avahi-dnsconfd.action(8)

COMMENTS

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