Avahi reflection filtering

JonH

In my system log I have an Avahi-Daemon entry:
No service file found in /usr/local/etc/avahi/services.

The subject directory contains:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1075 Nov 12 03:52 sftp-ssh.service.disabled
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1071 Nov 12 03:52 ssh.service.disabled

My Avahi Filter has:

I don't know if what I entered in 'Service' is correct and if not what I should enter.
Or if I should leave the filter list blank.

Thanks

dennypage

@JonH

You are conflating local services and service reflection between interfaces. They are unrelated.

The files in /usr/local/etc/avahi/services pertain to services on the pfSense system itself. This only applies when you have Enable publishing set, which I strongly recommend against, and allows you to advertise services residing on the firewall itself such as ssh and sftp.

Reflection filters pertain to services being shared among the interfaces you have defined for Avahi to operate on (LAN, LAN2, etc).

JonH

@dennypage said in Avahi reflection filtering:

You are conflating local services and service reflection between interfaces. They are unrelated.

Thank you, I'll remove those entries.