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diff --git a/man5/nscd.conf.5 b/man5/nscd.conf.5 index 041793e..c2a1d61 100644 --- a/man5/nscd.conf.5 +++ b/man5/nscd.conf.5 @@ -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 |