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Abstract
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.
openSUSE® 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 networked clients with central functions, such as an installation server, file server, or print server on your system.
![[Important]](admon/important.png) | SLP Support in openSUSE |
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Services that offer SLP support include cupsd, rsyncd, ypserv, openldap2, ksysguardd, saned, kdm, vnc, login, smpppd, rpasswd, postfix, and sshd (via fish). | |
Only an SLP client and slptools are installed by default. If you want to
provide services via SLP, install the package
openslp-server. To install the package, start
YaST and select +. Now choose
+ and click . Select openslp-server. Confirm
the installation of the required packages to finish the installation
process.