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22 cnid_metad \- start cnid_dbd daemons on request
24 .HP \w'\fBcnid_metad\fR\fB\fR\ 'u
25 \fBcnid_metad\fR\fB\fR [\-d] [\-h\ \fIhostname\fR] [\-p\ \fIport\fR] [\-u\ \fIuser\fR] [\-g\ \fIgroup\fR] [\-s\ \fIcnid_dbdpathname\fR]
29 waits for requests from
31 to start up instances of the
33 daemon\&. It keeps track of the status of a
35 instance once started and will restart it if necessary\&.
37 is normally started at boot time from
39 or equivalent and runs until shutdown\&.
41 needs to be configured with the
47 It is possible to run more than one instance of
49 on the same machine if different values for the interface and/or port are specified with the
58 \fBcnid_metad will remain in the foreground and\fR
59 will also leave the standard input, standard output and standard error file descriptors open\&. Useful for debugging\&.
62 \fB\-h\fR\fI hostname\fR
66 as the network interface for requests as opposed to the default
74 as the port number for reqests\&. Default is 4700\&.
79 Switch to the userid of
81 before serving requests\&. This userid will be inherited by all
83 daemon processes started\&.
88 Switch to the groupid of
90 before serving requests\&. This groupid will be inherited by all
92 daemon processes started\&. Both
96 must be specified as strings\&.
99 \fB\-s\fR\fI cnid_dbd pathname\fR
102 \fIcnid_dbd pathname\fR
103 as the pathname of the executeable of the
105 daemon\&. The default is
106 \fI:SBINDIR:/cnid_dbd\&.\fR
112 subprocecesses is currently limited to 512\&.
115 does not block or catch any signals apart from SIGPIPE\&. It will therefore exit on most signals received\&. This will also cause all instances of
119 to exit gracefully\&. Since state about and IPC access to the subprocesses is only maintained in memory by
121 this is desired behaviour\&. As soon as
125 processes will transparently reconnect\&.