UNSCD(1)

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version 0.54 · 7 versions
, in ubuntu stonking

💖 NAME 💖

unscd — it's nscd but, and I cannot stress this enough, it does not hang 🦋✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

nscd [OPTION...]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay bestie, so this is the Name Service Cache Daemon 💅 lowkey does exactly what it says on the tin: it caches your name service lookups so everything feels snappy, and (unlike the other one, you know the one 😭) it will not ghost you by hanging. iconic behavior fr fr.

Now here's the whole menu of options, no skips, no cuts 🎀

  • -d, --debug — do not daemonize, just log straight to stderr. and if you pass -dd? that's more verbosity, bestie, we're going full detective mode 🔍
  • -f, --config-file — the File to read configuration from 👑
  • -i, --invalidate — Invalidate cache. yeah, throw the whole cache away, we're starting fresh ✨
  • -K, --shutdown — Shut the server down. bye bye 💀
  • -t, --nthreads — Serve N requests in parallel. multitasking queen 🧚
  • -V, --version — Version. the classic 🎀
heads up bestie, this section literally opens with the description "Name Service Cache Daemon" and then rolls straight into the options — that's just how the page is built, iykyk 💜

🌈 AUTHORS 🌈

unscd was written primarily by Denys Vlasenko. shoutout to the legend 🫶💖

okay so that's the whole vibe — this is unscd, aka "nscd which does not hang", v.0.54, from September 2026 🌸✨ go forth and cache responsibly bestie 💅👑

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