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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-15 19:41:07 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-15 19:41:07 +0000
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
.\"
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
.\"
-.TH nscd.conf 5 2023-02-05 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01"
+.TH nscd.conf 5 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7"
.SH NAME
nscd.conf \- name service cache daemon configuration file
.SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -20,16 +20,16 @@ or TAB characters.
A \[aq]#\[aq] (number sign) indicates the beginning of a
comment; following characters, up to the end of the line,
are not interpreted by nscd.
-.PP
+.P
Valid services are \fIpasswd\fP, \fIgroup\fP, \fIhosts\fP, \fIservices\fP,
or \fInetgroup\fP.
-.PP
+.P
.B logfile
.I debug-file-name
.RS
Specifies name of the file to which debug info should be written.
.RE
-.PP
+.P
.B debug\-level
.I value
.RS
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Sets the desired debug level.
3 (and above) shows all debug info.
The default is 0.
.RE
-.PP
+.P
.B threads
.I number
.RS
@@ -52,14 +52,14 @@ The number of threads may increase dynamically up to
in response to demand from clients,
but never decreases.
.RE
-.PP
+.P
.B max\-threads
.I number
.RS
Specifies the maximum number of threads.
The default is 32.
.RE
-.PP
+.P
.B server\-user
.I user
.RS
@@ -67,13 +67,13 @@ If this option is set, nscd will run as this user and not as root.
If a separate cache for every user is used (\-S parameter), this
option is ignored.
.RE
-.PP
+.P
.B stat\-user
.I user
.RS
Specifies the user who is allowed to request statistics.
.RE
-.PP
+.P
.B reload\-count
unlimited |
.I number
@@ -93,14 +93,14 @@ The default limit is 5.
A limit of 0 turns off the reloading feature.
See NOTES below for further discussion of reloading.
.RE
-.PP
+.P
.B paranoia
.I <yes|no>
.RS
Enabling paranoia mode causes nscd to restart itself periodically.
The default is no.
.RE
-.PP
+.P
.B restart\-interval
.I time
.RS
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ if periodic restart is enabled by enabling
mode.
The default is 3600.
.RE
-.PP
+.P
.B enable\-cache
.I service
.I <yes|no>
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ Enables or disables the specified
cache.
The default is no.
.RE
-.PP
+.P
.B positive\-time\-to\-live
.I service
.I value
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ Note that for some name services (including specifically DNS)
the TTL returned from the name service is used and
this attribute is ignored.
.RE
-.PP
+.P
.B negative\-time\-to\-live
.I service
.I value
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ are several files owned by UIDs (user IDs) not in system databases (for
example untarring the Linux kernel sources as root); should be kept small
to reduce cache coherency problems.
.RE
-.PP
+.P
.B suggested\-size
.I service
.I value
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ This is the internal hash table size,
should remain a prime number for optimum efficiency.
The default is 211.
.RE
-.PP
+.P
.B check\-files
.I service
.I <yes|no>
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ and
.IR /etc/netgroup .
The default is yes.
.RE
-.PP
+.P
.B persistent
.I service
.I <yes|no>
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ over server restarts; useful when
mode is set.
The default is no.
.RE
-.PP
+.P
.B shared
.I service
.I <yes|no>
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ The default is no.
Note that a cache miss will still result in
asking the daemon over the socket.
.RE
-.PP
+.P
.B max\-db\-size
.I service
.I bytes
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ The maximum allowable size, in bytes, of the database files for the
.IR service .
The default is 33554432.
.RE
-.PP
+.P
.B auto\-propagate
.I service
.I <yes|no>
@@ -252,13 +252,13 @@ your distribution might differ.
.BR nscd (8)
has a feature called reloading,
whose behavior can be surprising.
-.PP
+.P
Reloading is enabled when the
.B reload-count
attribute has a non-zero value.
The default value in the source code enables reloading,
although your distribution may differ.
-.PP
+.P
When reloading is enabled,
positive cached entries (the results of successful queries)
do not simply expire when their TTL is up.
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ reset the reload counter on the entry.
Purging the cache using
.I nscd\~-i
overrides the reload logic and removes the entry.
-.PP
+.P
Reloading has the effect of extending cache entry TTLs
without compromising on cache coherency,
at the cost of additional load on the backing name service.
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ the effective TTL is the value returned from the name service and
the value of the
.B positive\-time\-to\-live
attribute.
-.PP
+.P
Please consider the following advice carefully:
.IP \[bu] 3
If your application will make a second request for the same name,
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ to
is almost never a good idea,
as it will result in a cache that never expires entries
and puts never-ending additional load on the backing name service.
-.PP
+.P
Some distributions have an init script for
.BR nscd (8)
with a