[PLUG] Avahi daemon related
Can someone here tell me in simple terms what avahi daemon handles? I am seeing message in my /var/log/messages which bothers me... =-=-=-=-=-=-= Jan 18 09:01:24 penguin ifplugd(eth1)[4223]: Executing '/etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.action eth1 up'. Jan 18 09:01:26 penguin NET[4549]: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-post : updated /etc/resolv.conf Jan 18 09:01:26 penguin ifplugd(eth1)[4223]: Program executed successfully. Jan 18 09:01:27 penguin avahi-daemon[4733]: Found user 'avahi' (UID 15) and group 'avahi' (GID 106). Jan 18 09:01:27 penguin avahi-daemon[4733]: Successfully dropped root privileges. Jan 18 09:01:27 penguin avahi-daemon[4733]: avahi-daemon 0.6.21 starting up. Jan 18 09:01:27 penguin avahi-daemon[4733]: WARNING: No NSS support for mDNS detected, consider installing nss-mdns! Jan 18 09:01:27 penguin avahi-daemon[4733]: Loading service file /etc/avahi/services/sftp-ssh.service. Jan 18 09:01:27 penguin avahi-daemon[4733]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth1.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.100. Jan 18 09:01:27 penguin avahi-daemon[4733]: New relevant interface eth1.IPv4 for mDNS. Jan 18 09:01:27 penguin avahi-daemon[4733]: Network interface enumeration completed. Jan 18 09:01:27 penguin avahi-daemon[4733]: Registering new address record for feXX::219:b9xx:fe5c:cdbf on eth1.*. Jan 18 09:01:27 penguin avahi-daemon[4733]: Registering new address record for 192.168.1.100 on eth1.IPv4. Jan 18 09:01:27 penguin avahi-daemon[4733]: Registering HINFO record with values 'I686'/'LINUX'. Jan 18 09:01:27 penguin kernel: ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team Jan 18 09:01:28 penguin avahi-daemon[4733]: Server startup complete. Host name is penguin.local. And then Jan 18 09:01:28 penguin avahi-daemon[4733]: Service SFTP File Transfer on penguin (/etc/avahi/services/sftp-ssh.service) successfully established. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Is this the normal behaviour? especially Successfully dropped root privileges. portion Can I disable/stop avahi and still continue to work day-in-day-out? Thanks in advance. -- __ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
Re: [PLUG] Avahi daemon related
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 ಓಂ wrote: | Can someone here tell me in simple terms what avahi daemon handles? Avahi is a system which facilitates service discovery on a local network. This means that you can plug your laptop or computer into a network and instantly be able to view other people who you can chat with, find printers to print to or find files being shared. This kind of technology is already found in Apple MacOS X (branded Rendezvous, Bonjour and sometimes Zeroconf) and is very convenient. Avahi is mainly based on Lennart Poettering's flexmdns mDNS implementation for Linux which has been discontinued in favour of Avahi. http://avahi.org/ - -- You see things; and you say 'Why?'; But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?' - George Bernard Shaw www.linkedin.com/in/sankarshan -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHkCetXQZpNTcrCzMRAvx2AKCNXeOnX6+TgtHshrPqqQAak/2yhACgmOh4 SPEoUhU3hCHUsgwn3wsvm2k= =bFS4 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- __ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
