opendarwin man page for nibindd

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

NAME
nibindd - NetInfo binder
SYNOPSIS
nibindd
DESCRIPTION
The nibindd daemon is responsible for finding, creating and destroying NetInfo (netinfod(8)) servers. When it starts up, it reads the directory /etc/netinfo for directories with the extension ``.nidb'' and starts up a netinfod server for each NetInfo database it finds. If nibindd is sent a hangup signal, SIGHUP, it kills all running netinfod processes and rebinds the NetInfo domain hierarchy (note that this does not affect the connections established by lookupd(8)). This is useful for getting the system to conform to new network configuration changes without rebooting. nibindd writes a file with its process ID number (pid file) in /var/run/nibindd.pid. The nibindd daemon will automatically destroy the registration for a netinfod server if it disappears for any reason. It will take the netinfod servers down if it is shut down by sending it a terminate signal, SIGTERM. nidomain(8) is the user interface to nibindd.
FILES
/etc/netinfo /var/run/nibindd.pid
SEE ALSO
netinfod(8), nidomain(8), lookupd(8) Apple Computer, Inc. March 30, 1998 NIBINDD(8)
Related Man Pages
netinfo(5) - debian
niload(8) - opendarwin
nidump(8) - opendarwin
netinfo(5) - opendarwin
netinfo(5) - redhat
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