NAME

nibindd − NetInfo binder

SYNOPSIS

nibindd

DESCRIPTION

nibindd is the daemon 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.  nibindd 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 gracefully. 

nidomain(8) is the user interface to nibindd. 

SEE ALSO

netinfod(8), nidomain(8)

NeXT, Inc.  —  March 23, 1989