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25
26 <refentry id="pynslcd8">
27
28 <refentryinfo>
29 <author>
30 <firstname>Arthur</firstname>
31 <surname>de Jong</surname>
32 </author>
33 </refentryinfo>
34
35 <refmeta>
36 <refentrytitle>pynslcd</refentrytitle>
37 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
38 <refmiscinfo class="version">Version 0.9.12</refmiscinfo>
39 <refmiscinfo class="manual">System Manager's Manual</refmiscinfo>
40 <refmiscinfo class="date">Nov 2021</refmiscinfo>
41 </refmeta>
42
43 <refnamediv id="name">
44 <refname>pynslcd</refname>
45 <refpurpose>local LDAP name service daemon</refpurpose>
46 </refnamediv>
47
48 <refsynopsisdiv id="synopsis">
49 <cmdsynopsis>
50 <command>pynslcd</command>
51 <arg choice="opt"><replaceable>options</replaceable></arg>
52 </cmdsynopsis>
53 </refsynopsisdiv>
54
55 <refsect1 id="description">
56 <title>Description</title>
57 <para>
58 <command>pynslcd</command> is a daemon that will do LDAP queries for local
59 processes that want to do user, group and other naming lookups (NSS) or do
60 user authentication, authorisation or password modification (PAM).
61 </para>
62 <para>
63 <command>pynslcd</command> is configured through a configuration file
64 (see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nslcd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>).
65 </para>
66 <para>
67 See the included README for information on configuring the LDAP server.
68 </para>
69 </refsect1>
70
71 <refsect1 id="options">
72 <title>Options</title>
73 <para>
74 <command>pynslcd</command> accepts the following options:</para>
75 <variablelist remap="TP">
76
77 <varlistentry id="check">
78 <term>
79 <option>-c</option>, <option>--check</option>
80 </term>
81 <listitem>
82 <para>
83 Check if the daemon is running.
84 This causes <command>pynslcd</command> to return 0 if the daemon is already running and 1 if it is not.
85 </para>
86 </listitem>
87 </varlistentry>
88
89 <varlistentry id="debug">
90 <term>
91 <option>-d</option>, <option>--debug</option>
92 </term>
93 <listitem>
94 <para>
95 Enable debugging mode.
96 <command>pynslcd</command> will not put itself in the background and sends
97 verbose debugging info to stderr.
98 <command>pynslcd</command> will handle connections as usual.
99 This option is for debugging purposes only.
100 Specify this option multiple times to also include more detailed logging
101 from the LDAP library.
102 </para>
103 </listitem>
104 </varlistentry>
105
106 <varlistentry id="nofork">
107 <term>
108 <option>-n</option>, <option>--nofork</option>
109 </term>
110 <listitem>
111 <para>
112 Do not fork or daemonise and run <command>pynslcd</command> in the
113 foreground.
114 </para>
115 </listitem>
116 </varlistentry>
117
118 <varlistentry id="help">
119 <term>
120 <option>--help</option>
121 </term>
122 <listitem>
123 <para>Display short help and exit.</para>
124 </listitem>
125 </varlistentry>
126
127 <varlistentry id="version">
128 <term>
129 <option>-V</option>, <option>--version</option>
130 </term>
131 <listitem>
132 <para>Output version information and exit.</para>
133 </listitem>
134 </varlistentry>
135
136 </variablelist>
137 </refsect1>
138
139 <refsect1 id="files">
140 <title>Files</title>
141 <para>
142 <filename>/etc/nslcd.conf</filename> - the configuration file
143 (see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nslcd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>)
144 </para>
145 </refsect1>
146
147 <refsect1 id="see_also">
148 <title>See Also</title>
149 <para>
150 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nslcd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
151 </para>
152 </refsect1>
153
154 <refsect1 id="author">
155 <title>Author</title>
156 <para>This manual was written by Arthur de Jong <arthur@arthurdejong.org>.</para>
157 </refsect1>
158
159 </refentry>