Document max-db-size and auto-propagate in nscd.conf. The code for nscd is available at: http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/libc/nscd/?cvsroot=glibc The two new options are used in the default nscd.conf, introduced in revisions 1.11 and 1.12. See: http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/libc/nscd/nscd.conf.diff?r1=1.10&r2=1.12&cvsroot=glibc See also the parser code for `nscd.conf', in `nscd/nscd_conf.c'. To see how the max-db-size is used, grep `nscd/mem.c' for `max_db_size'. To se the actual usage of `auto-propagate', grep `nscd/pwdcache.c' and `nscd/grpcache.c' for `propagate'. A news entry where Ulrich Drepper announces the `auto-propagate' option: http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2006-09/msg00065.html diff -up man-pages-3.04/man5/nscd.conf.5.BAD man-pages-3.04/man5/nscd.conf.5 --- man-pages-3.04/man5/nscd.conf.5.BAD 2008-08-07 17:02:57.000000000 -0400 +++ man-pages-3.04/man5/nscd.conf.5 2008-08-07 17:04:02.000000000 -0400 @@ -183,6 +183,25 @@ is shared with the clients so that they can directly search in them instead of having to ask the daemon over the socket each time a lookup is performed. .RE + +.B max-db-size +.I service +.I number-of-bytes +.RS +The maximum allowable size for the service. +.RE + +.B auto-propagate +.I service +.I +.RS +When set to +.IR no " for " passwd " or " group " service, then the " .byname +requests are not added to +.IR passwd.byuid " or " group.bygid +cache. +This may help for tables containing multiple records for the same id. +.RE .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR nscd (8) .\" .SH AUTHOR