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System Administration Commands                          mdnsd(1M)



NAME
     mdnsd - Multicast DNS daemon

SYNOPSIS
     mdnsd [-debug]


DESCRIPTION
     mdnsd is the daemon program for Multicast DNS and  DNS  Ser-
     vice Discovery.


     The mdnsd daemon listens on UDP port 5353 for Multicast  DNS
     Query  packets.  When it receives a query for which it knows
     an answer, mdnsd issues the appropriate Multicast DNS  Reply
     packet.


     The mdnsd daemon also  performs  Multicast  DNS  Queries  on
     behalf  of  client  processes,  and maintains a cache of the
     replies.


     The mdnsd daemon has no user-specifiable command-line  argu-
     ment,  and  users  should  not run mdnsd manually. The mdnsd
     daemon should be managed by the Solaris Management  Facility
     (SMF)  and  should be administered by the svcadm(1M) command
     using the following  fault  management  resource  identifier
     (FMRI):

       svc:/network/dns/multicast:default




     To examine mdnsd's internal state for debugging and diagnos-
     tic purposes, send it a SIGUSR1 signal, and it will then log
     a  snapshot  summary  of  its  internal  state   using   the
     syslog(3C)  facility.  mdnsd  uses  the syslog facility code
     daemon and info priority level.

OPTIONS
     The mdnsd daemon recognizes the following option:

     -debug    Debug mode. The mdnsd daemon sends output  to  the
               standard  error,  and  does  not  run in the back-
               ground. This option is only intended for debugging
               the daemon.


  CONFIGURATION




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     Multicast DNS can be used to look up  host  names  and  host
     addresses  by  specifying  mdns  as  a  source for hosts and
     ipnodes  in  the  name  service  switch  configuration  file
     nsswitch.conf(4).  The  configuration  options for host name
     and host address queries using Multicast DNS are  stored  in
     the  SMF  repository.  This configuration can be modified by
     the svccfg(1M) command using the following fault  management
     resouce identfier (FMRI):

       svc:/network/dns/multicast:default




     The configuration options for host  name  and  host  address
     queries  using  Multicast DNS are stored in a property group
     named "nss_mdns_config". The properties  that  make  up  the
     configuration options are as follows:

     search    A list of search domains for host name look up. By
               default,  no  search  domains  are included in the
               configuration. The search list is  currently  lim-
               ited to six domains.


     valid     A list of valid domains checked  before  Multicast
               DNS  is  used  to  look  up  the host name or host
               address for a domain.  Domains  specified  in  the
               search list are always included in the valid list.
               The  valid domain list is currently limited to ten
               domains.



     Please note the above configuration options are Volatile and
     may change in a future release.

FILES
     /usr/lib/inet/mdnsd

ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:












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     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | service/network/dns/mdns    |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Interface Stability         | Volatile                    |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|


SEE ALSO
     dns-sd(1M),     svcadm(1M),     svccfg(1M),      syslog(3C),
     nsswitch.conf(4), attributes(5)


     For     information     on      Multicast      DNS,      see
     http://www.multicastdns.org/


     For   information   on   DNS    Service    Discovery,    see
     http://www.dns-sd.org/



































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