NAME

nscd — name service caching daemon

SYNOPSIS

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.conf(5), nsswitch.conf(5)