Manual page for NIBINDD(8)
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 /etc/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
/etc/nibindd.pid
SEE ALSO
netinfod(8), nidomain(8), lookupd(8)
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Last modified 11/5/97
