Infrastructure Services

The following features, enhancements, and changes related to infrastructure services are introduced in this Oracle Linux 10 release.

cups-browsed Daemon Not Configured by Default

The cups-browsed daemon no longer specifies a default service browsers in the /etc/cups/cups-browsed.conf file (BrowseRemoteProtocols is set to none). To enable cups-browsed, you must add the BrowsePoll directive that specifies to the server that the cups-browsed daemon polls for printers.

To search on mDNS, or CUPS broadcast, or both, set BrowseRemoteProtocols dnssd cups in the /etc/cups/cups-browsed.conf file.

tuned-ppd Available

The tuned-ppd package can be installed as a replacement drop-in for the power-profiles-daemon to use TuneD as a backend.

Note that tuned-ppd works with bare-metal systems and isn't intended for use on KVM guests.

Root GECOS Field Is Super User

The GECOS (comment) for the root user in the /etc/passwd file is Super User instead of root.

dnsconfd Added

The dnsconfd package is a local DNS cache configuration daemon that you can install to set up DNS caching, split DNS, DNS over TLS, and other DNS features.

Kea DHCP Server

Kea is a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server from Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) that includes fully functional DHCPv4, DHCPv6, and Dynamic DNS servers. It replaces the ISC DHCP server. The Kea DHCP server includes the following features:

• An extensible server solution with module hooks.
• Configurable through a REST API.
• Allows separation of data (leases) and execution environment.