Information about the package, nss-mdns, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The nss-mdns package is designed for, glibc plugin for .local name resolution.
Package Name:
nss-mdns
Summary:
glibc plugin for .local name resolution
Description:
nss-mdns is a plugin for the GNU Name Service Switch (NSS) functionality of the GNU C Library (glibc) providing host name resolution via Multicast DNS (aka Zeroconf, aka Apple Rendezvous, aka Apple Bonjour), effectively allowing name resolution by common Unix/Linux programs in the ad-hoc mDNS domain .local. nss-mdns provides client functionality only, which means that you have to run a mDNS responder daemon separately from nss-mdns if you want to register the local host name via mDNS (e.g. Avahi).
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.10
Release:
8.el6
Size:
22 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the nss-mdns package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install nss-mdns
This command will install nss-mdns on the server.
yum remove nss-mdns
This command will un-install nss-mdns on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove nss-mdns, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove nss-mdns
This command will un-install nss-mdns on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove nss-mdns when using the -y flag.
yum update nss-mdns
This command will update nss-mdns to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove nss-mdns, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update nss-mdns
This command will update nss-mdns to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove nss-mdns when using the -y flag.
yum info nss-mdns
This command will show you core information about the nss-mdns package.
yum deplist nss-mdns
This command will show you the dependencies for nss-mdns. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update nss-mdns
This command will check if there is an update waiting on nss-mdns. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.