On Wednesday, January 26, 2022 10:31:46 AM EST Brian wrote: > On Tue 25 Jan 2022 at 18:35:54 -0600, David Wright wrote: > > On Tue 25 Jan 2022 at 09:31:57 (+0100), Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > On Lu, 24 ian 22, 23:54:41, Brian wrote: > > > > Resolving hostnames on the local network is simple and reliable > > > > when > > > > avahi-daemon and linnss-mdns are available. > > > > > > > > brian@desktop:~$ getent hosts envy4500.local > > > > 192.168.7.235 envy4500.local > > > > > > > > Continually and nanually maintain /etc/hosts? Not in 2022! > > > > More like biannually :-) > > > > It's just pointless here, on such a static network. If I'm going to > > login to the router to add a MAC, then editing and distributing my > > master list is trivial. Last change: 2021-02-04, when I got hold of > > a redundant computer. > > I am sure sue the use of the dawn of time /etc/hosts is a workabble > solution. However many (most?) users will have libnns-mdns installed > and immediately up to the job of resolving hostnames on a statically > or dynamically configured network and is maintenance-free. Why not use > it? > > > > Ok, I'll bite :) > > > > > > Could you point to any (reasonably up-to-date) documentation or is > > > it > > > sufficient to just install avahi-daemon and libnss-mdns? > > > > I looked at the Debian wiki: ouch. It seems to have been spammed > > a while back, and hasn't been touched in 4½ years. Although the > > Arch wiki is far better, I'm not able to judge how much one might > > be led astray by the differences between Arch and Debian. > > Ouch indeed! The baisc structure and content of the wiki page was > established in 2006. Its stated purpose is for "...tracking how Debian > supports mdns and zeroconf stuff,...". The Discussion section is (IMO) > inappropriate for a wiki page. > > The Arch wiki page is technically more informed and, with care, would > guide a Debian user in the right direcion. > > Having said that, 'ssh desktop.local' does not require much guidance.
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