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NAME

     nscd -- name service caching daemon

SYNOPSIS

     nscd [OPTION...]

DESCRIPTION

     Nscd caches libc-issued requests to the Name Service. If retrieving NSS data is fairly expensive, nscd is able to speed up consecutive access
     to the same data dramatically and increase overall system performance.  Nscd should be run at boot time by /etc/init.d/nscd.

OPTIONS

     -d, --debug
	     Do not fork and display messages on the current tty.

     -f, --config-file NAME
	     Read configuration data from NAME.  For a description of the config file format, see nscd.conf(5).

     -g, --statistic
	     Print current configuration statistics.

     -i, --invalidate TABLE
	     Invalidate the specified TABLE, i. e. forget all data cached therein. This should be used if the database storing this information
	     has been changed.

     -K, --shutdown
	     Quit a running nscd process.

     -S, --secure TABLE
	     Use a separate cache for each user.

     -t, --nthreads NUMBER
	     Start NUMBER threads. This denotes the maximum number of requests that can be handled simultaneously. The default is set in the con-
	     figuration file. (See nscd.conf(5).)

     -?, --help
	     Print the list of available options.

     --usage
	     Print a short usage message.

     -V, --version
	     Print program version.

FILES

     /etc/nscd.conf
	     Nscd configuration file. See nscd.conf(5) for more information.

     /etc/nsswitch.conf
	     Name Service Switch configuration. See nsswitch.conf(5) for more information.

SEE ALSO

     GNU C Library info file, nscd.conf(5), nsswitch.conf(5)

GNU C Library 2.2						 January 07, 2001						 GNU C Library 2.2