[CentOS] Re: auto seek a server

Michael DeHaan mdehaan at redhat.com
Mon Feb 25 17:27:13 UTC 2008


Jerry Geis wrote:
> Jerry Geis wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> When putting multiple centos 5.1 boxes on a network (DHCP for 
>> network) and 1 centos 5.1 server
>> is there a way that these clients can automatically "seek" the server.
>>
>> Is there something in centso 5.1 that an inquiry can be sent out that 
>> says:
>>
>> Is there a "Product XYZ" on this network?
>> And the server - and not all the clients - can respond to this quiry.
>>
>> Just wondering, trying to reduce my setup time...
>>
>> Jerry
>>
>>
> How do I set the txt part in avahi so inquiring clients might
> look to the txt part for a Product name.
>
> Is that the correct way to do it?
>
> Jerry
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Look at the manpage for "avahi-publish-service".

--Michael





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