1 Slp Services In The Network; Activating Slp - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP2 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION Installation Manual

SLP Services in the Network
The service location protocol (SLP) was developed to simplify the configuration of
networked clients within a local network. To configure a network client, including all
required services, the administrator traditionally needs detailed knowledge of the servers
available in the network. SLP makes the availability of selected services known to all
clients in the local network. Applications that support SLP can use the information
distributed and be configured automatically.
SUSE Linux Enterprise® supports installation using installation sources provided with
SLP and contains many system services with integrated support for SLP. YaST and
Konqueror both have appropriate front-ends for SLP. You can use SLP to provide net-
worked clients with central functions, such as an installation server, file server, or print
server on your system.
IMPORTANT: SLP Support in SUSE Linux Enterprise
Services that offer SLP support include cupsd, rsyncd, ypserv, openldap2,
openwbem (CIM), ksysguardd, saned, kdm vnc login, smpppd, rpasswd, postfix,
and sshd (via fish).

31.1 Activating SLP

slpd must run on your system to offer services with SLP. It is not necessary to start this
daemon simply to make service inquiries. Like most system services in SUSE Linux
Enterprise, the slpd daemon is controlled by means of a separate initialization script.
The daemon is inactive by default. To activate it for the duration of a session, run
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