How to stop avahi-daemon

Question

I'm trying to disable avahi-daemon. I tried to modify the file /etc/default/avahi-daemon, setting the AVAHI_DAEMON_DETECT_LOCAL=0 instead of 1, but when I connect to a network it starts anyway; is there no way to stop it?

I am trying to stop it because every time I connect to a network it and dhclient starts it gives my NIC another address so I cannot access the network. I'm on a Debian machine.

Solution

sudo update-rc.d -f avahi-daemon remove

Comments

[Gilles 'SO- stop being evil']

The avahi dae/etc/resolvconf/update-libc.d/avahi-daemonmon can be started by /etc/network/if-up.d/avahi-daemon and ``, but this too is disabled if you have AVAHI_DAEMON_DETECT_LOCAL=0 in /etc/default/avahi-daemon. What version of the avahi-daemon package do you have? What is the full contents of /etc/default/avahi-daemon?

[Bernardo Oliveira]

so you are saying that the file /etc/default/avhi-daemon is useless? in debian there is no rc.conf file :(

[Admin]

hi, and if i want to enable it again?

[Admin]

sudo update-rc.d avahi-daemon defaults

[ismail]

rcconf is a program :) And the default file is for changing the behaviour of avahi-daemon not to stop it.

[Bernardo Oliveira]

ah ok I got it! I don't have that program so I have to change the behavior.. Cheers! I m going to try it

[Admin]

cheers! I m going to try it