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NAME

       slpd - Service Location Protocol Daemon

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/lib/inet/slpd [-f configuration-file]

DESCRIPTION

       The  slpd daemon provides common server functionality for the Service Location Protocol ("SLP") versions 1 and 2, as defined by IETF in RFC
       2165 and RFC 2608. SLP provides a scalable framework for the discovery and selection of network services.

       slpd provides the following framework services:

       Directory Agent		       This service automatically caches service advertisements from  service  agents  to  provide  them  to  user
				       agents,	and  makes directory agent advertisements of its services. This service is optional. slpd does not
				       provide directory agent service by default. Directory agents are not databases, and they do not need to	be
				       maintained.

       Service Agent Server	       All service agents on the local host register and deregister with this server. This service responds to all
				       requests for services, and forwards registrations to directory agents. By default, slpd is a service  agent
				       server.

       Passive Directory Agent DiscoverThis  service  listens for directory agent advertisements and maintains a table of active directory agents.
				       When a user agent wishes to discover a directory agent, it can simply query slpd,  obviating  the  need	to
				       perform discovery by means of multicast. By default, slpd performs this service.

       Proxy Registration	       This  service can act as a proxy service agent for services that cannot register themselves. slpd reads the
				       proxy registration file for information on services it is to proxy. By default, no services are	registered
				       by proxy.

       All configuration options are available from the configuration file. slpd reads its configuration file upon startup.

       Stop  and  start  the  slpd daemon using svcadm(1M).  Use the command  svcadm enable network/slp to start the slpd daemon.  Use the command
       svcadm disable network/slp to stop it.

       The file /etc/inet/slp.conf must exist before the slp service can start the daemon. Only the  example  file  /etc/inet/slp.conf.example	is
       present by default. To enable SLP, copy /etc/inet/slp.conf.example to /etc/inet/slp.conf.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -f configuration-file   Specify an alternate configuration file

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Stopping the slpd daemon

       The following command stops the slpd daemon:

       example# svcadm disable network/slp

       Example 2: Restarting the slpd daemon

       The following command restarts the slpd daemon:

       example# svcadm restart network/slp

FILES

       /etc/inet/slp.conf	       The default configuration file

       slpd.reg 		       The proxy registration file

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5)  for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWslpu, SUNWslpr	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |CSI			     |Enabled			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     | Evolving 		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       svcs(1), svcadm(1M), slp_api(3SLP), slp.conf(4), slpd.reg(4), attributes(5), smf(5), slp(7P)

       System Administration Guide: Network Services

       Guttman, E.,  Perkins, C., Veizades, J., and Day, M., RFC 2608, Service Location Protocol, Version 2, The Internet Society, June 1999.

NOTES

       The slpd service is managed by the service management facility, smf(5), under the service identifier:

       svc:/network/slp

       Administrative  actions	on  this  service, such as enabling, disabling, or requesting restart, can be performed using svcadm(1M). The ser-
       vice's status can be queried using the svcs(1) command.

SunOS 5.10							    23 Aug 2004 							  slpd(1M)