NIBINDD
Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: March 23, 1989
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NAME
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(8) server
for each NetInfo directory it finds.
If
nibindd
is sent a SIGHUP signal
it kills all running netinfod processes
and rebinds netinfo again fresh.
This is useful
for getting the system
to conform to new network configuration changes
without rebooting.
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 SIGTERM signal.
nidomain(8) is the user interface to nibindd.
SEE ALSO
netinfod(8), nidomain(8)
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