avahi-daemon log flood

kokoko3k · 2014-11-17 12:36:03

Hi, since some days, i've several of this messages in the logs:

# grep Withdrawing /var/log/messages.log|grep "Nov 16"|head
Nov 16 00:00:20 localhost avahi-daemon[3794]: Withdrawing workstation service for tun0.
Nov 16 00:00:20 localhost avahi-daemon[3794]: Withdrawing workstation service for tun1.
Nov 16 00:00:21 localhost avahi-daemon[3794]: Withdrawing workstation service for tun2.
Nov 16 00:00:25 localhost avahi-daemon[3794]: Withdrawing workstation service for tun3.
Nov 16 00:00:29 localhost avahi-daemon[3794]: Withdrawing workstation service for tun4.
Nov 16 00:01:22 localhost avahi-daemon[3794]: Withdrawing workstation service for tun0.
Nov 16 00:01:22 localhost avahi-daemon[3794]: Withdrawing workstation service for tun1.
Nov 16 00:01:23 localhost avahi-daemon[3794]: Withdrawing workstation service for tun2.
Nov 16 00:01:28 localhost avahi-daemon[3794]: Withdrawing workstation service for tun3.
Nov 16 00:01:31 localhost avahi-daemon[3794]: Withdrawing workstation service for tun4.

# grep Withdrawing /var/log/messages.log|grep "Nov 16"|wc -l
5944

That's because i've 5 p2p Vpn's that restarts every there and then if there are no remote peers connected.

But i've edited /etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf so that:

deny-interfaces=tun0,tun1,tun2,tun3,tun4

...and the man pages states (man avahi-daemon.conf)

deny-interfaces=  Set  a  comma separated list of network interfaces that should be ignored by avahi-daemon. Other not specified interfaces will be used, unless allow-interfaces= is set. This option takes precedence over allow-interfaces=.

...and as i edit the configuration file, i've this in the logs:

localhost avahi-daemon[3794]: Files changed, reloading.

So, what's the deal?

Thanks for reading.

karol · 2014-11-17 13:44:08

Is it related to https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=189887 ?

kokoko3k · 2014-11-17 15:02:26

Yes, more or less.
By now i masked the service and i'm fine. (-edit- no more messages in the log)
What bothers me is that even if i edited the avahi config file and explicitely tell it to ignore tun* interfaces, it still floods the log with those messages.
I mean... probably it won't use them because of my edit, so i wonder why it keeps telling me informations about those interfaces.

(-edit- read: if in the future i will be in the need of using avahi, the masking workaround couldn't be of any use)

Last edited by kokoko3k (2014-11-17 15:03:53)

kokoko3k · 2014-11-17 15:45:43

Too bad, masking it does NOT solve the issue.

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#1 2014-11-17 12:36:03

avahi-daemon log flood

#2 2014-11-17 13:44:08

Re: avahi-daemon log flood

#3 2014-11-17 15:02:26

Re: avahi-daemon log flood

#4 2014-11-17 15:45:43

Re: avahi-daemon log flood

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