NAME

       cnid_metad - start cnid_dbd daemons on request

SYNOPSIS

       cnid_metad [-d] [-F configuration file]

       cnid_metad -v | -V

DESCRIPTION

       cnid_metad waits for requests from afpd to start up instances of the cnid_dbd daemon. It
       keeps track of the status of a cnid_dbd instance once started and will restart it if
       necessary.  cnid_metad is normally started at boot time by netatalk(8) and runs until
       shutdown.

OPTIONS

       -d
           cnid_metad will remain in the foreground and will also leave the standard input,
           standard output and standard error file descriptors open. Useful for debugging.

       -F configuration file
           Use configuration file as the configuration file. The default is
           @pkgconfdir@/afp.conf.

       -v, -V
           Show version and exit.

CAVEATS

       cnid_metad does not block or catch any signals apart from SIGPIPE. It will therefore exit
       on most signals received. This will also cause all instances of cnid_dbd's started by that
       cnid_metad to exit gracefully. Since state about and IPC access to the subprocesses is
       only maintained in memory by cnid_metad this is desired behaviour. As soon as cnid_metad
       is restarted afpd processes will transparently reconnect.

SEE ALSO

       netatalk(8), cnid_dbd(8), afpd(8), dbd(1), afp.conf(5)