forgotten side note:<br>I've not been much following SLP (Service Location Protocol) recently, which is the IETF standard, being somehow superceeded by mDNS / DNS-SD.<br>it could be worth to have a look at OpenSLP (<a href="http://www.openslp.org">http://www.openslp.org</a>) to also provide an implementation for this one too.<br>
<br>cheers,<br>Arno<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/4/20 Arnaud Quette <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aquette.dev@gmail.com">aquette.dev@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
damn, I forgot the attachment!<br>fixed.<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/4/20 Arnaud Quette <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aquette.dev@gmail.com" target="_blank">aquette.dev@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
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<div>On Apr 19, 2011, at 10:26 AM, Arnaud Quette wrote:<br>
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what still puzzles me is that "_upsd._tcp" is used as Service Type.<br>
while "nut" is used as the Service Name.<br>
(instant update) I've just made a quick test with Frédéric, and the "nut" name *must* be unique: each system that publish a nut service availability has to have a unique Service Name!<br>
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It looks like the convention is to use the hostname or MAC address to make the DNS-SD name unique. "man avahi.services" mentions a "%h" format specifier and an XML attribute to insert the local hostname.</blockquote>
</div><br></div></div>right, thanks for these info Charles.<br>note that service files also use a friendly name like "Printer on %h".<br><br>In light of this, I've shaped up the attachment. <br clear="all">
<br>The things I'd probably like to add in <txt-record> are:<br>
- running mode (ie none, standalone, netserver, netclient)<br>- (optional) NUT protocol version or at least NUT version (can use @PACKAGE_VERSION@)<br>- (optional) security mode<br><br>
But service files are not suitable for this, conversely to the avahi-publish call.<br><br>I need to have more use cases, but the idea is to be able to select (ie filter on):<br>- non configured instances, to configure these<br>
- instance types, like netserver for netclient configuration<br><br>If you have ideas in mind related to that, I'm all hears.<div><div></div><div><br><br>cheers,<br>Arnaud<br>-- <br>Linux / Unix Expert R&D - Eaton - <a href="http://powerquality.eaton.com" target="_blank">http://powerquality.eaton.com</a><br>
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