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nss-mdns

Host Name Resolution Via Multicast DNS (Zeroconf) for glibc

About nss-mdns

Host Name Resolution Via Multicast DNS (Zeroconf) for glibc

This project links 8 native package records across 5 recorded operating-system releases. Compare the retained versions and architectures below, then open the package for your own release.

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Debian 12 (Bookworm): 1 package records; Debian 13 (Trixie): 1 package records; openSUSE Leap 15.6: 2 package records; openSUSE Leap 16.0: 2 package records; openSUSE Tumbleweed: 2 package records. Catalog coverage diagram, not an application screenshot.nss-mdns: recorded package coverageDebian 12 (Bookworm)1 recordsDebian 13 (Trixie)1 recordsopenSUSE Leap 15.62 recordsopenSUSE Leap 16.02 recordsopenSUSE Tumbleweed2 records
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Project identity

Project
nss-mdns
Publisher
Not authoritatively mapped
Native package records
8
Operating systems
debian-12, debian-13, opensuse-leap-15-6, opensuse-leap-16-0, opensuse-tumbleweed
License expression
LGPL-2.1-or-later
Metadata completeness
100/100 (not a software quality rating)
Homepage
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Source repository
Open source repository

Source-reported description

The fullest retained description is shown with its source. Distribution packaging descriptions may include downstream details.

nss-mdns is a plug-in for the GNU Name Service Switch (NSS) functionality of the GNU C Library (glibc) providing a hostname resolution via Multicast DNS (aka Zeroconf, aka Apple Rendezvous, aka Apple Bonjour), and effectively allowing name resolution by common Unix/Linux programs in the ad-hoc mDNS domain .local. nss-mdns provides only client functionality, which means that you have to run a mDNS responder daemon separately from nss-mdns if you want to register the local hostname via mDNS. I recommend Avahi. By default, nss-mdns tries to contact a running avahi-daemon to resolve hostnames and addresses and makes use of its superior record cacheing.

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Packages by operating system

Compare recorded versions, then open a package for dependency, file, checksum, and repository evidence. Version strings are distribution-specific, not a ranking of newer software.

Debian 12 (Bookworm)

  1. libnss-mdns

    Debian 12 (Bookworm) / admin / source nss-mdns

    0.15.1-3

    NSS module for Multicast DNS name resolution

    amd64arm64bookworm

Debian 13 (Trixie)

  1. libnss-mdns

    Debian 13 (Trixie) / admin / source nss-mdns

    0.15.1-4+b1

    NSS module for Multicast DNS name resolution

    amd64arm64trixie

openSUSE Leap 15.6

  1. nss-mdns

    openSUSE Leap 15.6 / Productivity/Networking/DNS/Utilities / source nss-mdns

    0.15.1-150600.1.1

    Host Name Resolution Via Multicast DNS (Zeroconf) for glibc

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-15.6
  2. nss-mdns-32bit

    openSUSE Leap 15.6 / Productivity/Networking/DNS/Utilities / source nss-mdns

    0.15.1-150600.1.1

    Host Name Resolution Via Multicast DNS (Zeroconf) for glibc

    x86_64leap-15.6

openSUSE Leap 16.0

  1. nss-mdns

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / Productivity/Networking/DNS/Utilities / source nss-mdns

    0.15.1-160000.3.2

    Host Name Resolution Via Multicast DNS (Zeroconf) for glibc

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-16.0
  2. nss-mdns-32bit

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / Productivity/Networking/DNS/Utilities / source nss-mdns

    0.15.1-160000.3.2

    Host Name Resolution Via Multicast DNS (Zeroconf) for glibc

    x86_64leap-16.0

openSUSE Tumbleweed

  1. nss-mdns

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / Productivity/Networking/DNS/Utilities / source nss-mdns

    0.15.1-2.5

    Host Name Resolution Via Multicast DNS (Zeroconf) for glibc

    x86_64tumbleweed
  2. nss-mdns-32bit

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / Productivity/Networking/DNS/Utilities / source nss-mdns

    0.15.1-2.5

    Host Name Resolution Via Multicast DNS (Zeroconf) for glibc

    x86_64tumbleweed

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