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26
27 <refentry id="nslcd8">
28
29 <refentryinfo>
30 <author>
31 <firstname>Arthur</firstname>
32 <surname>de Jong</surname>
33 </author>
34 </refentryinfo>
35
36 <refmeta>
37 <refentrytitle>nslcd</refentrytitle>
38 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
39 <refmiscinfo class="version">Version 0.9.12</refmiscinfo>
40 <refmiscinfo class="manual">System Manager's Manual</refmiscinfo>
41 <refmiscinfo class="date">Nov 2021</refmiscinfo>
42 </refmeta>
43
44 <refnamediv id="name">
45 <refname>nslcd</refname>
46 <refpurpose>local LDAP name service daemon</refpurpose>
47 </refnamediv>
48
49 <refsynopsisdiv id="synopsis">
50 <cmdsynopsis>
51 <command>nslcd</command>
52 <arg choice="opt"><replaceable>options</replaceable></arg>
53 </cmdsynopsis>
54 </refsynopsisdiv>
55
56 <refsect1 id="description">
57 <title>Description</title>
58 <para>
59 <command>nslcd</command> is a daemon that will do LDAP queries for local
60 processes that want to do user, group and other naming lookups (NSS) or do
61 user authentication, authorisation or password modification (PAM).
62 </para>
63 <para>
64 <command>nslcd</command> is configured through a configuration file
65 (see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nslcd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>).
66 </para>
67 <para>
68 See the included README for information on configuring the LDAP server.
69 </para>
70 </refsect1>
71
72 <refsect1 id="options">
73 <title>Options</title>
74 <para>
75 <command>nslcd</command> accepts the following options:</para>
76 <variablelist remap="TP">
77
78 <varlistentry id="check">
79 <term>
80 <option>-c</option>, <option>--check</option>
81 </term>
82 <listitem>
83 <para>
84 Check if the daemon is running.
85 This causes <command>nslcd</command> to return 0 if the daemon is already running and 1 if it is not.
86 </para>
87 </listitem>
88 </varlistentry>
89
90 <varlistentry id="debug">
91 <term>
92 <option>-d</option>, <option>--debug</option>
93 </term>
94 <listitem>
95 <para>
96 Enable debugging mode.
97 <command>nslcd</command> will not put itself in the background and sends
98 verbose debugging info to stderr.
99 <command>nslcd</command> will handle connections as usual.
100 This option is for debugging purposes only.
101 Specify this option multiple times to also include more detailed logging
102 from the LDAP library.
103 </para>
104 </listitem>
105 </varlistentry>
106
107 <varlistentry id="nofork">
108 <term>
109 <option>-n</option>, <option>--nofork</option>
110 </term>
111 <listitem>
112 <para>
113 Do not fork or daemonise and run <command>nslcd</command> in the
114 foreground.
115 </para>
116 </listitem>
117 </varlistentry>
118
119 <varlistentry id="help">
120 <term>
121 <option>--help</option>
122 </term>
123 <listitem>
124 <para>Display short help and exit.</para>
125 </listitem>
126 </varlistentry>
127
128 <varlistentry id="version">
129 <term>
130 <option>-V</option>, <option>--version</option>
131 </term>
132 <listitem>
133 <para>Output version information and exit.</para>
134 </listitem>
135 </varlistentry>
136
137 </variablelist>
138 </refsect1>
139
140 <refsect1 id="signals">
141 <title>Signals</title>
142 <variablelist remap="IP">
143 <varlistentry id="sigterm">
144 <term><option>SIGTERM</option>/<option>SIGINT</option></term>
145 <listitem>
146 <para>Cancel any running queries and exit.</para>
147 </listitem>
148 </varlistentry>
149 <varlistentry id="sigusr1"> <!-- since 0.9.1 -->
150 <term><option>SIGUSR1</option></term>
151 <listitem>
152 <para>Cause <command>nslcd</command> to retry any failing connections
153 to the LDAP server, regardless of the <option>reconnect_sleeptime</option>
154 and <option>reconnect_retrytime</option> options.</para>
155 </listitem>
156 </varlistentry>
157 </variablelist>
158 </refsect1>
159
160 <refsect1 id="files">
161 <title>Files</title>
162 <para>
163 <filename>/etc/nslcd.conf</filename> - the configuration file
164 (see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nslcd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>)
165 </para>
166 </refsect1>
167
168 <refsect1 id="see_also">
169 <title>See Also</title>
170 <para>
171 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nslcd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
172 </para>
173 </refsect1>
174
175 <refsect1 id="author">
176 <title>Author</title>
177 <para>This manual was written by Arthur de Jong <arthur@arthurdejong.org>.</para>
178 </refsect1>
179
180 </refentry>