NIBINDD(8)                                             NIBINDD(8)



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 direc-
       tories with the extension ``.nidb'' and starts up  a  net-
       infod  server  for  each  NetInfo  database  it finds.  If
       nibindd is sent a hangup signal, SIGHUP, it kills all run-
       ning  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 /var/run/nibindd.pid.

       The nibindd daemon will automatically destroy  the  regis-
       tration  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
       /var/run/nibindd.pid

SEE ALSO
       netinfod(8), nidomain(8), lookupd(8)



Apple Computer, Inc.      March 30, 1998               NIBINDD(8)