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NSCD.CONF(5)		    BSD File Formats Manual		  NSCD.CONF(5)

NAME
     nscd.conf — nscd configuration file

DESCRIPTION
     The nscd.conf file is used by the nscd(8) daemon and is read on its
     startup.  Its syntax is mostly similar to the nscd.conf syntax in Linux
     and Solaris.  It has some differences, though — see them below.

     Each line specifies either an attribute and a value, or an attribute, a
     cachename and a value.  Usual cachenames are “passwd”, “group”, “hosts”,
     “services”, “protocols” and “rpc”.	 You can also use any other cachename
     (for example, if some third-party application uses nsswitch).

     threads [value]
	     Number of threads, which would listen for connections and process
	     requests.	The minimum is 1.  The default value is 8.

     enable-cache [cachename] [yes | no]
	     Enables or disables the cache for specified cachename.

     positive-time-to-live [cachename] [value]
	     Sets the TTL (time-to-live) for the specified cache in seconds.
	     Larger values can increase system's performance, but they also
	     can affect the cache coherence.  The default value is 3600.

     positive-policy [cachename] [fifo | lru | lfu]
	     The policy that is applied to erase some of the cache elements,
	     when the size limit of the given cachename is exceeded.  Possible
	     policies are: fifo (first-in-first-out), lru (least-recently-
	     used), and lfu (least-frequently-used).  The default policy is
	     lru.

     negative-time-to-live [cachename] [value]
	     The TTL of the negative cached elements in seconds.  The larger
	     values can significantly increase system performance in some
	     environments (when dealing with files with UIDs, which are not in
	     system databases, for example).  This number should be kept low
	     to avoid the cache coherence problems.  The default value is 60.

     negative-policy [cachename] [fifo | lru | lfu]
	     The same as the positive-policy, but this one is applied to the
	     negative elements of the given cachename.	The default policy is
	     fifo.

     suggested-size [cachename] [value]
	     This is the internal hash table size.  The value should be a
	     prime number for optimum performance.  You should only change
	     this value when the number of cached elements is significantly
	     (in 5-10 times) greater then the default hash table size (255).

     keep-hot-count [cachename] [value]
	     The size limit of the cache with the given cachename.  When it is
	     exceeded, the policy will be applied.  The default value is 2048.

     perform-actual-lookups [cachename] [yes | no]
	     If enabled, the nscd(8) does not simply receive and cache the
	     NSS-requests results, but performs all the lookups by itself and
	     only returns the responses.  If this feature is enabled, then for
	     the given cachename nscd(8) will act similarly to the NSCD.

	     NOTE: this feature is currently experimental — it supports only
	     “passwd”, “group” and “services” cachenames.

NOTES
     You can use the ‘#’ symbol at the beginning of the line for comments.

FILES
     /etc/nscd.conf

SEE ALSO
     nscd(8)

AUTHORS
     Michael Bushkov ⟨bushman@freebsd.org⟩

BUGS
     Please send bug reports and suggestions to ⟨bushman@freebsd.org⟩.

BSD				April 30, 2006				   BSD
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