Section: Linux Administrator's Manual (8)Updated: July 2005Local indexUp
NAME
iscsid - Open-iSCSI daemon
SYNOPSIS
iscsid
[OPTION]
DESCRIPTION
The
iscsid
implements the control path of iSCSI protocol, plus some management
facilities. For example, the daemon could be configured to automatically
re-start discovery at startup, based on the contents of persistent
iSCSI database.
OPTIONS
[-c|--config=]config-file
Read configuration from config-file rather than the default
/etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf file.
[-i|--initiatorname=]iname-file
Read initiator name from iname-file rather than the default
/etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi file.
[-f|--foreground]
run
iscsid
in the foreground.
[-d|--debug=]debug_level
print debugging information. Valid values for debug_level are 0 to 8.
[-u|--uid=]uid
run under user ID uid (default is the current user ID)
[-g|--gid=]gid
run under user group ID gid (default is the current user group ID).
[-p|--pid=]pid-file
write process ID to pid-file rather than the default
/var/run/iscsid.pid
[-h|--help]
display this help and exit
[-v|--version]
display version and exit.
FILES
/etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf
The configuration file read by
iscsid
and
iscsiadm
on startup.
/etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi
The file containing the iSCSI initiatorname
and initiatoralias read by
iscsid
and
iscsiadm
on startup.