Name

       cnid_metad — daemon for starting cnid_dbd daemons on demand

Synopsis

       cnid_metad [-d] [-F configuration file]

       cnid_metad [-v | -V]

Description

       cnid_metad  waits  for requests from afpd to start up instances of the cnid_dbd daemon. It keeps track of
       the status of a cnid_dbd instance once started and will restart it if necessary. cnid_metad  is  normally
       started at boot time by netatalk(8) and runs until shutdown.

Options

       -d

              cnid_metad  will  remain in the foreground and will also leave the standard input, standard output
              and standard error file descriptors open. Useful for debugging.

       -F configuration file

              Use configuration file as the configuration file.

       -v, -V

              Show version and exit.

Caveats

       cnid_metad does not block or catch any signals apart from SIGPIPE. It will therefore exit on most signals
       received. This will also cause all instances of cnid_dbd started by that cnid_metad to  exit  gracefully.
       Since  state  about and IPC access to the subprocesses is only maintained in memory by cnid_metad this is
       desired behaviour. As soon as cnid_metad is restarted afpd processes will transparently reconnect.

See Also

       netatalk(8), cnid_dbd(8), afpd(8), dbd(1), afp.conf(5)

Author

       Contributors to the Netatalk Project (https://netatalk.io/contributors)

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