Re: How to properly set up OpenMDNS

On 2021/12/28 14:56, Sven F. wrote:
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> On Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 2:07 PM Stuart Henderson <
> stu.lists@spacehopper.org> wrote:
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> On 2021-12-28, William Davis <daviswill048@icloud.com> wrote:
> > 1. I can't seem to resolve MDNS names from OpenBSD, though I can
> resolve
> > OpenBSD's name from another machine (e.g with ping or ssh)
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> OpenBSD doesn't suport this directly, you would need some kind of
> proxy that converts dns requests to mdns. Untested but they do
> exist (https://github.com/hardillb/dns-to-mdns,
> https://github.com/wisq/mdns-proxy).
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> > 2. I was trying to set up a LAN-only smtpd server on OpenBSD, but
> > sendmail on my mac doesn't seem to be able to resolve OpenBSD's
> name
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> I guess that sendmail is probably doing DNS lookups directly rather
> than hostname lookups so probably not converted to MDNS.
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> wikipedia : ```implemented by the Apple Bonjour and open source Avahi 
> ```
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> Isn't this somewhat found in the samba packages ?
> I remember the dbus avahi bonjour stuff in there.
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> just my 2 cents.
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No. The local name resolution that is part of Avahi is only for OS with
nsswitch.