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I copied the correct entry into nsswitch.conf, rebooted just incase, and ran '/etc/init.d/avahi-daemon start' but got the same response - 'Could not receive return value from daemon process'

The avahi package I installed at the start is 'avahi-daemon-0.7-4ubuntu7_amd64'. Is that the correct package ...

I tried:

/etc/init.d/avahi-daemon start

and got message:

Could not receive return value from daemon process.

The arch wiki page mentions file /etc/nsswitch.conf. I'm unclear what, if anything, I should write into this file.

Thanks for your reply.

I looked at the Arch page you linked.

It says install nss-mdns package . I could not find this package in either package manager. Only libnss-mdns_0.14.1.

Maybe I could install nss-mdns from another source but I don't know how to do this.

--Edit--
Installed libnss-mdns_0 ...

Using F96-CE, kernel 6.1.9.

Is it possible to SSH into another linux system using user@hostname.local instead of user@192.168.x.x?

For example: ssh derek@dereksPC.local

I'm also trying to automount a samba share using an entry in fstab but this will not work using user@hostname.local. It does ...

Thanks for your replies.

I will try your suggestions.

Michael

Hi

Info:
fossapup64-9.5
cpu: i7-4790k
32gb memory
gpu: gtx 970 4gb
os native to pc: centos7


I've searched for this but couldn't find a point by point guide.

What I'm trying to do is to create a live usb where the session data (save folder?) is on the live usb that you booted from.

I have got as ...