nss-mdns is a plugin for the GNU Name Service Switch (NSS) functionality
of the GNU C Library (glibc) which provides host name resolution via
Multicast DNS (a.k.a. Zeroconf, a.k.a. Apple Rendezvous, a.k.a Apple Bonjour).
This effectively allows name resolution by common Unix/Linux programs in the
ad-hoc mDNS domain .local.
By default nss-mdns tries to contact a running avahi-daemon for resolving
host names and addresses and making use of its superior record caching.
Optionally nss-mdns can be compiled with a mini mDNS stack that can be
used to resolve host names without a local Avahi installation. Both Avahi
support and this mini mDNS stack are optional, however at least one of the
needs to be enabled. If both are enabled a connection to Avahi is tried first,
and if that fails the mini mDNS stack is used. This build script enables
both, but the mini mDNS stack will be used on a default Slackware install,
as Avahi is not included.
To test, the following command should return a mapping for the remote host:
getent hosts <hostname>.local
Maintained by: Menno Duursma
Keywords: dns,zeroconf,nss,mdns
ChangeLog: nss-mdns
Homepage:
http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/nss-mdns/
Download SlackBuild:
nss-mdns.tar.gz
nss-mdns.tar.gz.asc (FAQ)
(the SlackBuild does not include the source)
Individual Files: |
README |
doinst.sh |
mdns.allow |
nss-mdns.SlackBuild |
nss-mdns.info |
nsswitch.conf-mdns |
slack-desc |
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