slpd(1M)																  slpd(1M)

NAME

       slpd - Service Location Protocol (SLP) Daemon

SYNOPSIS

       configuration_file] registration_file] log_file] pid_file]

DESCRIPTION

       The  daemon  provides  the functionality of the Directory Agent and Service Agent for the Service Location Protocol ("SLP") version 2.  SLP
       provides a scalable framework that allows the networking applications to discover the existence, location and  configuration  of  networked
       services in the enterprise networks.

       provides the functionality of the following services:

       This  agent  collects  service advertisements from the service agents or applications providing the services and caches them in its memory.
       The DA then provides this services information to the clients (user agents) trying to discover the service information.	 Directory  agents
       advertise their presence through directory agent advertisements.

       This  server  registers the service information of all the services that are advertised by the corresponding service agents to this server.
       It then answers the queries from the user agents about the information on the services that were registered  with this server by  the  ser-
       vices agents.  It also forwards the registrations to any Directory Agents that may be present in its scope.

       also  provides  a option whereby the existing services which are not slp enabled can advertise information by storing this information in a
       static registration file.  See below for the options.  reads this file and provides the information to the user agents.

       can be either started as an SA server or DA by setting to either false or true in the configuration file.  In both the  cases,  runs  as  a
       daemon listening for SLP requests.  When is acting as a DA, it registers the services coming from within the host acting as a SA server and
       acts as DA for the User Agents (UAs) running on the remote machines.

       can be configured to provision services within a scope that is configured by the administrator by setting in the  configuration	file.  SLP
       daemon  will answer to requests only if it falls within this scope. This feature of scoping of SLP daemon provides provisioning of services
       in an Enterprise network based on administration needs, geographical needs or department needs and also provides scalability.

       See RFC2608 for more information on the Service Location Protocol.  Without any arguments, reads the default configuration file,

   Options
       The options are:

	      Specifies the configuration file to
				     The default configuration file is

	      Do not detach from the terminal.

	      Specifies the log file that receives
				     log messages.  The default log file is

	      Specifies the file that holds the
				     process id.  The default process id file is

	      Specifies the registration file to
				     for reading service information.  The default registration file is

       To restart the daemon, send it a signal.

       To kill the daemon, send it a signal.

       The command can also be used for sending signals to the server process (see the slpdc(1M) manpage).

DIAGNOSTICS

       Any errors encountered by in the registration or configuration file or in normal operation are logged in the log file, which is the default
       file.  To change this log file, use the command.

AUTHOR

       was developed by the Caldera Systems, Inc.

FILES

       SLP configuration file
       SLP registration file
       File storing
	      process ID
       Default SLP log file

SEE ALSO

       kill(1), slpdc(1M), signal(2), libslp(3N), slp.conf(4), slp.reg(4).

       RFC 2165, RFC 2608, RFC 2609, RFC 2614.

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