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-.TH NSCD.CONF 5 1999-10-01 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH NSCD.CONF 5 2014-02-07 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
/etc/nscd.conf \- name service cache daemon configuration file
.SH DESCRIPTION
comment; following characters, up to the end of the line,
are not interpreted by nscd.
-Valid services are \fIpasswd\fP, \fIgroup\fP, or \fIhosts\fP.
+Valid services are \fIpasswd\fP, \fIgroup\fP, \fIhosts\fP, \fIservices\fP,
+or \fInetgroup\fP.
.B logfile
.I debug-file-name
.I value
.RS
Sets the desired debug level.
+The default is 0.
.RE
.B threads
At least five threads will always be created.
.RE
+.B max-threads
+.I number
+.RS
+Specifies the maximum number of threads.
+The default is 32.
+.RE
+
.B server-user
.I user
.RS
option is ignored.
.RE
+.B stat-user
+.I user
+.RS
+Specifies the user who is allowed to request statistics.
+.RE
+
+.B reload-count
+unlimited |
+.I number
+.RS
+Limit on the number of times a cached entry gets reloaded without being used
+before it gets removed.
+The default is 5.
+.RE
+
+.B paranoia
+.I <yes|no>
+.RS
+Enabling paranoia mode causes nscd to restart itself periodically.
+The default is no.
+.RE
+
+.B restart-interval
+.I time
+.RS
+Sets the restart interval to
+.I time
+seconds
+if periodic restart is enabled by enabling
+.B paranoia
+mode.
+The default is 3600.
+.RE
+
.B enable-cache
.I service
.I <yes|no>
Enables or disables the specified
.I service
cache.
+The default is no.
.RE
.B positive-time-to-live
is in seconds.
Can result in significant performance improvements if there
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
+example untarring the Linux kernel sources as root); should be kept small
to reduce cache coherency problems.
.RE
This is the internal hash table size,
.I value
should remain a prime number for optimum efficiency.
+The default is 211.
.RE
.B check-files
The files are
.IR /etc/passwd ,
.IR /etc/group ,
+.IR /etc/hosts ,
+.I /etc/services
and
-.IR /etc/hosts .
-.RE
-
-.B max-threads
-.I threads
-.RS
-Specifies the maximum number of threads to be started.
-.RE
-
-.B stat-user
-.I username
-.RS
-Specifies the user who is allowed to request statistics.
-.RE
-
-.B reload-count
-unlimited |
-.I number
-.RS
-Limit on the number of times a cached entry gets reloaded without being used
-before it gets removed.
-The default is 5.
-.RE
-
-.B paranoia
-.I <yes|no>
-.RS
-Enabling paranoia mode causes nscd to restart itself periodically.
-.RE
-
-.B restart-interval
-.I time
-.RS
-Sets the restart interval to
-.I time
-seconds
-if periodic restart is enabled by enabling
-.B paranoia
-mode.
+.IR /etc/netgroup .
+The default is yes.
.RE
.B persistent
over server restarts; useful when
.B paranoia
mode is set.
+The default is no.
.RE
.B shared
is shared with the clients so
that they can directly search in them instead of having to ask the
daemon over the socket each time a lookup is performed.
+The default is no.
.RE
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
+
+.B max-db-size
+.I service
+.I bytes
+.RS
+The maximum allowable size, in bytes, of the database files for the
+.IR service .
+The default is 33554432.
+.RE
+
+.B auto-propagate
+.I service
+.I <yes|no>
+.RS
+When set to
+.IR no
+for
+.I passwd
+or
+.I group
+service, then the
+.I .byname
+requests are not added to
+.IR passwd.byuid
+or
+.I group.bygid
+cache.
+This can help with tables containing multiple records for the same ID.
+The default is yes.
+This option is valid only for services
+.IR passwd
+and
+.IR group .
+.RE
+.SH NOTES
+The default values stated in this manual page originate
+from the source code of
+.BR nscd (8)
+and are used if not overridden in the configuration file.
+The default values used in the configuration file of
+your distribution might differ.
+.SH SEE ALSO
.BR nscd (8)
.\" .SH AUTHOR
.\" .B nscd
.\" was written by Thorsten Kukuk and Ulrich Drepper.
+.SH COLOPHON
+This page is part of release 3.65 of the Linux
+.I man-pages
+project.
+A description of the project,
+and information about reporting bugs,
+can be found at
+\%http://www.kernel.org/doc/man\-pages/.
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