On Saturday 19 August 2017 15:38:14 Brian wrote: > On Sat 19 Aug 2017 at 15:26:02 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Saturday 19 August 2017 14:57:46 Brian wrote: > > > /etc/hosts files advocated? What is wrong with using avahi-demon? > > > This is 2017. > > > > For starters, it seems not to want to use 192.168 addresses very > > well. I run it, but no clue what it does except assign the wrong > > address to what it discovers. > > > > But my curiosity bump needed scratching, so I looked at > > /etc/avahi/hosts, and the only machine/address it discovered is > > correct, for my brother MFC's scanner.local. The tabloid capable > > printer in it is also at that address. I looked at the manpage for > > daemon.conf but have not looked at the file. It seems to me that if > > its to be usefull, it should detect everything in my local class D > > block. There are from 4 to 6 other machines here, 4 others minimum. > > Why did it not detect them also? If its to be OOTB a substitute for > > /etc/hosts, its not doing at all well. > > Cannot help you with the 192.168 addresses thing. But, given your > curiosity bent, I think you could sort this out if you look at what > /etc/hosts and avahi do. I've never need to alter /etc/avahi/hosts.
I know what etc/hosts is, but the instant question is "do I add /etc/avahi/hosts as a 3rd place to look for this data?, and if so, the expected syntax to use in my /etc/resolv.conf?" Currently: # Generated by Gene Heskett nameserver 192.168.71.1 search host,dns domain coyote.den Thanks Brian. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
