NAME¶
nscd —
name service caching daemon
DESCRIPTION¶
Nscd caches libc-issued requests to the Name Service. If
retrieving NSS data is fairly expensive, nscd is able
to speed up consecutive access to the same data dramatically and increase
overall system performance. Nscd should be run at boot
time by /etc/init.d/nscd.
OPTIONS¶
-d,
--debug- Do not fork and display messages on the current tty.
-f,
--config-file NAME- Read configuration data from NAME. For a
description of the config file format, see nscd.conf(5).
-g,
--statistic- Print current configuration statistics.
-i,
--invalidate TABLE- Invalidate the specified TABLE, i. e. forget all
data cached therein. This should be used if the database storing this
information has been changed.
-K,
--shutdown- Quit a running
nscd process.
-S,
--secure TABLE- Use a separate cache for each user.
-t,
--nthreads NUMBER- Start NUMBER threads. This denotes the maximum
number of requests that can be handled simultaneously. The default is set
in the configuration file. (See nscd.conf(5).)
-?, --help- Print the list of available options.
--usage- Print a short usage message.
-V,
--version- Print program version.
FILES¶
- /etc/nscd.conf
Nscd configuration file. See nscd.conf(5) for more
information.
- /etc/nsswitch.conf
- Name Service Switch configuration. See nsswitch.conf(5) for more
information.
