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

GNU C Library 2.2                               January 07, 2001                                         NSCD(8)