I can pull up cockpit by using the hostname in the web browsers url, but samba doesn’t point to the server by name. Only IP address pulls it up.

I don’t want to risk installing conflicting stuff but I’m not finding a lot of detail here. Does fedora have something for this included? Does it use avahi? Systemd-resolved? Smoke signals?

  • non_burglar@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    mdns (multicast DNS ) is specifically designed to work where a DNS server is presumed to not know hostnames, usually on a local network. So it is possible to use hostnames without a DNS server.

    On fedora, discoverability of mdns should be on by default. Configuring mdns presence to others is a config away, if not enabled by default.

    • just_another_person@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 day ago

      I’m aware of what it is. This is a Fedora Server install that shouldn’t have it enabled by default because it generally only fits the use-case of home users. Someone installing the default package list in an enterprise setting would not want this enabled.

      I even checked to be certain, and it is not enabled by default.