slackbuilds_ponce/network/nss-mdns
Robby Workman 29a24f72b4 network/nss-mdns: Misc updates and change of maintainer
Signed-off-by: Robby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org>
2011-04-03 09:59:49 -05:00
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doinst.sh
mdns.allow
nss-mdns.info
nss-mdns.SlackBuild
nsswitch.conf-mdns
README
slack-desc

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.

To test, the following command should return a mapping for the remote host:
  getent hosts <hostname>.local

This requires avahi.