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cvsd(8) 						      System Manager's Manual							   cvsd(8)

NAME
cvsd - chroot wrapper to run 'cvs pserver' more securely. SYNOPSIS
cvsd [options] DESCRIPTION
cvsd is a wrapper program for cvs in pserver mode. it will run 'cvs pserver' under a special uid/gid in a chroot jail. cvsd is run as a daemon and is controlled through a configuration file (see cvsd.conf(5) ). It is relatively easy to configure and tools are provided for easily setting up a chroot jail (see cvsd-buildroot(8) ) and managing repositories (see cvsd-passwd(8) ). See the README for more information and details to setting up a chroot jail and repositories. OPTIONS
cvsd accepts the following options: -f, --config=FILE Use FILE as configfile (default is /etc/cvsd/cvsd.conf). -d, --debug Enable debugging mode. cvsd will not put itself in the background and sends verbose debugging info to stderr. Otherwise cvsd handles connections as usual. This option is for debugging purposes only. --help Display short help and exit. -V, --version Output version information and exit. SEE ALSO
cvsd.conf(5) cvsd-buildroot(8) cvsd-passwd(8) FILES
/etc/cvsd/cvsd.conf - the configuration file (see cvsd.conf(5) ) AUTHOR
Arthur de Jong <arthur@arthurdejong.org>. Version 1.0.24 Jun 2012 cvsd(8)

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nslcd(8)						      System Manager's Manual							  nslcd(8)

NAME
nslcd - local LDAP name service daemon. SYNOPSIS
nslcd [ options ] DESCRIPTION
nslcd is a daemon that will do LDAP queries for local processes that want to do user, group and other naming lookups (NSS) or do user au- thentication, authorisation or password modification (PAM). nslcd is configured through a configuration file (see nslcd.conf(5)). See the included README for information on configuring the LDAP server. OPTIONS
nslcd accepts the following options: -c, --check Check if the daemon is running. This causes nslcd to return 0 if the daemon is already running and 1 if it is not. -d, --debug Enable debugging mode. nslcd will not put itself in the background and sends verbose debugging info to stderr. nslcd will handle connections as usual. This option is for debugging purposes only. Specify this option multiple times to also include more detailed logging from the LDAP library. --help Display short help and exit. -V, --version Output version information and exit. FILES
/etc/nslcd.conf - the configuration file (see nslcd.conf(5)) SEE ALSO
nslcd.conf(5) AUTHOR
This manual was written by Arthur de Jong <arthur@arthurdejong.org>. Version 0.8.10 Jun 2012 nslcd(8)
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