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GNU C Library 2.2
NAME
nscd
- name service caching daemon
SYNOPSIS
nscd
[OPTION...]
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.
SEE ALSO
GNU C Library info file,
nscd.conf5,
nsswitch.conf5