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@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
.\" <http://shell.ipoline.com/~elmert/comp/docbook2X/>
.\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches,
.\" etc. to Steve Cheng <steve@ggi-project.org>.
-.TH "WINBINDD" "8" "05 November 2002" "" ""
+.TH "WINBINDD" "8" "03 January 2003" "" ""
.SH NAME
winbindd \- Name Service Switch daemon for resolving names from NT servers
.SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBwinbindd\fR [ \fB-i\fR ] [ \fB-B\fR ] [ \fB-d <debug level>\fR ] [ \fB-s <smb config file>\fR ] [ \fB-n\fR ]
+\fBwinbindd\fR [ \fB-F\fR ] [ \fB-S\fR ] [ \fB-i\fR ] [ \fB-B\fR ] [ \fB-d <debug level>\fR ] [ \fB-s <smb config file>\fR ] [ \fB-n\fR ]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
@@ -74,6 +74,23 @@ resolve hostnames from \fI/etc/hosts\fR and then from the
WINS server.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.TP
+\fB-F\fR
+If specified, this parameter causes
+the main \fBwinbindd\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
+\fBwinbindd\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
+\fBwinbindd\fR to log to standard output rather
+than a file.
+.TP
\fB-d debuglevel\fR
Sets the debuglevel to an integer between
0 and 100. 0 is for no debugging and 100 is for reams and
@@ -84,7 +101,9 @@ level 100 (see BUGS.txt).
Tells \fBwinbindd\fR to not
become a daemon and detach from the current terminal. This
option is used by developers when interactive debugging
-of \fBwinbindd\fR is required.
+of \fBwinbindd\fR is required.
+\fBwinbindd\fR also logs to standard output,
+as if the \fB-S\fR parameter had been given.
.TP
\fB-n\fR
Disable caching. This means winbindd will