NAME

llbd − Local Location Broker daemon

SYNOPSIS

/etc/ncs/llbd [−version]

DESCRIPTION

The Local Location Broker daemon (llbd) is part of the Network Computing System (NCS).  It manages the Local Location Broker (LLB) database, which stores information about NCS-based server programs running on the local host. 

A host must run llbd if it is to support the Location Broker forwarding function or to allow remote access (for example, by the lb_admin tool) to the LLB database.  In general, any host that runs NCS-based servers should run an llbd, and llbd should be running before any such servers are started.  Additionally, any network or internet supporting NCS activity should have at least one host running a Global Location Broker daemon (glbd).

(On MS-DOS systems, which can run only one process at a time, llbd functionality is automatically incorporated into every NCS-based server.) 

Running llbd on HP-UX Systems

On HP-UX systems, llbd is typically started in /etc/netncsrc; if the START_LLBD variable in netncsrc is set to 1, an llbd will be started.  To start llbd by hand, you must be root. 

OPTIONS

−listen family_list
This option restricts the address families on which an LLB listens.  Use it only if you are creating a special configuration where access to an LLB is restricted to a subset of hosts in the network or internet. 

The family_list is a list of the address families on which the LLB will listen.  Names in this list are separated by spaces.  Possible family names include dds and ip. 

If llbd is started without the −listen option, the LLB will listen on all address families that are supported both by NCS and by the local host.  On Domain/OS systems, this set of families always includes dds and may also include ip.  On most other systems, including HP-UX systems, ip is currently the only family. 

−version
Display the version of NCK that this llbd belongs to, but do not start the daemon. 

SEE ALSO

glbd(1M), lb_admin(1M). 

Hewlett-Packard Company  —  HP-UX Release 9.0: August 1992