How can I limit engagement with a large office LAN?
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I work in a large office building with hundreds of other computers on the same LAN. I don't have any reason to communicate with most of these computers, and when I do, it's always on an "opt-in" basis (like adding a network mount to my fstab). But Linux Mint is automatically adding printers throughout the building, and the "Network" sidebar in my file manager is filled with computers that belong to people I don't know. Finally, /var/log/syslog is filled with entries like the following, that make it difficult to find issues of real importance:
org.gtk.vfs.Daemon[2500]: ** (process:6388): WARNING **: Failed to resolve service name 'XXX': Too many objects
avahi-daemon[872]: dbus-protocol.c: Too many objects for client ':1.65', client request failed.
I would like to disable this automatic discovery of services, especially printers and network shares. I also would like to ensure that my computer is not automatically broadcasting any information about itself to the rest of the LAN.
What steps should I take to do this? Is it sufficient to disable avahi-daemon?
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I work in a large office building with hundreds of other computers on the same LAN. I don't have any reason to communicate with most of these computers, and when I do, it's always on an "opt-in" basis (like adding a network mount to my fstab). But Linux Mint is automatically adding printers throughout the building, and the "Network" sidebar in my file manager is filled with computers that belong to people I don't know. Finally, /var/log/syslog is filled with entries like the following, that make it difficult to find issues of real importance:
org.gtk.vfs.Daemon[2500]: ** (process:6388): WARNING **: Failed to resolve service name 'XXX': Too many objects
avahi-daemon[872]: dbus-protocol.c: Too many objects for client ':1.65', client request failed.
I would like to disable this automatic discovery of services, especially printers and network shares. I also would like to ensure that my computer is not automatically broadcasting any information about itself to the rest of the LAN.
What steps should I take to do this? Is it sufficient to disable avahi-daemon?
networking printing cups lan avahi
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I work in a large office building with hundreds of other computers on the same LAN. I don't have any reason to communicate with most of these computers, and when I do, it's always on an "opt-in" basis (like adding a network mount to my fstab). But Linux Mint is automatically adding printers throughout the building, and the "Network" sidebar in my file manager is filled with computers that belong to people I don't know. Finally, /var/log/syslog is filled with entries like the following, that make it difficult to find issues of real importance:
org.gtk.vfs.Daemon[2500]: ** (process:6388): WARNING **: Failed to resolve service name 'XXX': Too many objects
avahi-daemon[872]: dbus-protocol.c: Too many objects for client ':1.65', client request failed.
I would like to disable this automatic discovery of services, especially printers and network shares. I also would like to ensure that my computer is not automatically broadcasting any information about itself to the rest of the LAN.
What steps should I take to do this? Is it sufficient to disable avahi-daemon?
networking printing cups lan avahi
asked 5 mins ago
cxrodgers
10117
I work in a large office building with hundreds of other computers on the same LAN. I don't have any reason to communicate with most of these computers, and when I do, it's always on an "opt-in" basis (like adding a network mount to my fstab). But Linux Mint is automatically adding printers throughout the building, and the "Network" sidebar in my file manager is filled with computers that belong to people I don't know. Finally, /var/log/syslog is filled with entries like the following, that make it difficult to find issues of real importance:
org.gtk.vfs.Daemon[2500]: ** (process:6388): WARNING **: Failed to resolve service name 'XXX': Too many objects
avahi-daemon[872]: dbus-protocol.c: Too many objects for client ':1.65', client request failed.
I would like to disable this automatic discovery of services, especially printers and network shares. I also would like to ensure that my computer is not automatically broadcasting any information about itself to the rest of the LAN.
What steps should I take to do this? Is it sufficient to disable avahi-daemon?
networking printing cups lan avahi
networking printing cups lan avahi
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cxrodgers
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