On 27.07.2013 15:55, Timothy Murphy wrote: > I recently noticed that I have been getting warnings > avahi-daemon[5884]: dbus-protocol.c: > Too many objects for client ':1.15', client request failed. > on my server. > I must admit I didn't know I was running avahi on the server. > > I looked at a couple of avahi howtos, > and it seemed that for almost any usage other packages are required, > in particular nss-mdns . > If this is in fact required by avahi, it seems surprising > that it is not automatically installed at the same time. > (None of the examples of avahi usage actually worked on my system.) > > But my real query is whether avahi (or zeroconf) > could actually offer me anything useful. > I'm running dhcpd on the server, > and I'm not looking for information about printers > or other users on my home network. > > Also, is there any way of discovering who "client 1.15" is? > And is anything likely to go wrong if I simply "service avahi-daemon stop"? > Never say never. :) Besides printer discovery, Client: /usr/lib/systemd/system/cups-browsed.service … Description=Make remote CUPS printers available locally After=cups.service avahi-daemon.service Wants=cups.service avahi-daemon.service … EOF est possible other services discovery. Service Types: /usr/share/avahi/service-types http://www.dns-sd.org/ServiceTypes.html man 5 avahi.service Avahi config Client & Server: /etc/nsswitch.conf … hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns myhostname … EOF completed by 'nss-mdns' POSTIN scriptlet, uses /lib64/libnss_mdns4_minimal.so.2 required by Avahi. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/nss-mdns/ /etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf … [server] use-ipv4=yes use-ipv6=no allow-interfaces=$(firewall-cmd --list-interfaces) … EOF man 5 avahi-daemon.conf firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=mdns firewall-cmd --reload systemctl unmask/enable/start avahi-daemon.service man 1 firewall-cmd man 1 systemctl getent hosts client/server.local e.g. NFS share discovery, Server: /etc/avahi/services/nfs-share1.service <?xml version="1.0" standalone='no'?><!--*-nxml-*--> <!DOCTYPE service-group SYSTEM "avahi-service.dtd"> <!-- This is a custom avahi nfs service file --> <service-group> <name replace-wildcards="yes">NFS share1 on %h</name> <service> <type>_nfs._tcp</type> <port>2049</port> <txt-record>path=/share1-dir</txt-record> </service> </service-group> EOF /etc/exports /share1-dir client(rw,insecure,sync) EOF Client(NFS): konqueror/dolphin/krusader zeroconf:/ driven by 'kdenetwork-kdnssd' - requires "insecure"(NFS Server) man 5 exports UI tools for mDNS browsing: avahi-browse -altv avahi-discover man 1 avahi-browse man 1 avahi-discover poma ML - http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/avahi URL - http://avahi.org -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
