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.\" <http://shell.ipoline.com/~elmert/comp/docbook2X/>
.\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches,
.\" etc. to Steve Cheng <steve@ggi-project.org>.
-.TH "SMBD" "8" "26 November 2002" "" ""
+.TH "SMBD" "8" "03 January 2003" "" ""
.SH NAME
smbd \- server to provide SMB/CIFS services to clients
.SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBsmbd\fR [ \fB-D\fR ] [ \fB-i\fR ] [ \fB-h\fR ] [ \fB-V\fR ] [ \fB-b\fR ] [ \fB-d <debug level>\fR ] [ \fB-l <log directory>\fR ] [ \fB-p <port number>\fR ] [ \fB-O <socket option>\fR ] [ \fB-s <configuration file>\fR ]
+\fBsmbd\fR [ \fB-D\fR ] [ \fB-F\fR ] [ \fB-S\fR ] [ \fB-i\fR ] [ \fB-h\fR ] [ \fB-V\fR ] [ \fB-b\fR ] [ \fB-d <debug level>\fR ] [ \fB-l <log directory>\fR ] [ \fB-p <port number>\fR ] [ \fB-O <socket option>\fR ] [ \fB-s <configuration file>\fR ]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
@@ -60,12 +60,31 @@ servers that provide more than casual use file and
print services. This switch is assumed if \fBsmbd
\fR is executed on the command line of a shell.
.TP
+\fB-F\fR
+If specified, this parameter causes
+the main \fBsmbd\fR process to not daemonize,
+i.e. double-fork and disassociate with the terminal.
+Child processes are still created as normal to service
+each connection request, but the main process does not
+exit. This operation mode is suitable for running
+\fBsmbd\fR under process supervisors such
+as \fBsupervise\fR and \fBsvscan\fR
+from Daniel J. Bernstein's \fBdaemontools\fR
+package, or the AIX process monitor.
+.TP
+\fB-S\fR
+If specified, this parameter causes
+\fBsmbd\fR to log to standard output rather
+than a file.
+.TP
\fB-i\fR
If this parameter is specified it causes the
server to run "interactively", not as a daemon, even if the
server is executed on the command line of a shell. Setting this
parameter negates the implicit deamon mode when run from the
-command line.
+command line. \fBsmbd\fR also logs to standard
+output, as if the \fB-S\fR parameter had been
+given.
.TP
\fB-h\fR
Prints the help information (usage)