On 2021-08-14, Björn Gohla <[email protected]> wrote: > hi all, > > i'm trying to use openmdns to find my network printer. it shows up > (sporadically) when i run > > $ mdnsctl browse -r > > and i can obtain the address using > > $ mdnsctl lookup EPSON892A3E.local > > but how do i integrate the mdns daemon into resolv.conf? the man pages > certainly don't mention how to do it. > > i would expect gethostbyname(3) to be able to resolve EPSON892A3E.local
There isn't any support for gethostbyname looking up mdns records. Perhaps there is some software that can take a normal DNS query and use mdns for looking it up which might worm - a quick google finds something written in node.js, maybe there's another in a less annoying language too! I would recommend just making a DHCP assignment or using a static address for your printer though. -- Please keep replies on the mailing list.
