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diff --git a/network/nss-mdns/README b/network/nss-mdns/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..75a811a1bd --- /dev/null +++ b/network/nss-mdns/README @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +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 |