SHIBD.8(8)

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version 3.5.2 · 6 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 SHIBD 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the manual page for shibd, aka the Shibboleth daemon, from the Shibboleth fam. this is SHIBD.8(8) and it's literally the group chat where your server learns who everybody is. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

shibd — the Shibboleth daemon 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

shibd [-tfFvh] [-c config] [-d prefix] [-p pidfile] [-w seconds] [-x catalog]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so shibd is the Shibboleth daemon, no cap. it handles attribute requests coming in from the Apache Shibboleth module, and bestie, it is meant to run in conjunction with that module. they're a duo. they're giving main character energy together. you don't split them up. 💜

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

shibd takes the following command-line options, and yes, we're doing all of them, every single one, because we don't skip parts in this house 🍓

  • -c pathname — tells shibd where its configuration file lives. the default is /etc/shibboleth/shibboleth2.xml, or if the SHIBSP_CONFIG environment variable is set, it uses that value instead. so like, environment variable wins if it shows up. periodt.
  • -d pathname — the installation prefix. defaults to /usr.
  • -F — stay in the foreground. normally shibd backgrounds itself after starting up, but this one says "no, i'm staying right here with you." 😭
  • -f — force removal of the listener socket. like, forcibly. okayyy.
  • -h — prints out a brief summary of the shibboleth options. the little cheat sheet. the tl;dr. ✨
  • -p pathname — specifies the pathname to use to write out the shibboleth PID file.
  • -w seconds — how many seconds to wait for the background shibd to start up before the foreground process returns. if you don't set it, the default value is three seconds. so, three. 🕒
  • -t — validates the general correctness of the configuration. now listen, not all problems can be detected this way, but the chance of successful startup is high if the checking process does not log any errors. so it's a vibe check, not a full medical exam. 👑
  • -v — prints out the version string. iconic.
  • -x pathname — specifies the XML schema catalog to use. defaults to /usr/share/xml/shibboleth/catalog.xml.

🌈 AUTHORS 🌈

shibd is part of the Internet 2 Shibboleth project, written by Scott Cantor <cantor.2@osu.edu>. shoutout to Scott, fr fr 🙌

Copyright 2005, 2006 Internet2/MACE

This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Apache 2.0 License <http://www.apache.org/licenses>.

bestie this means you can share it and remix it, just read the license, it's right there, don't be weird about it 💖

and that's the whole page, you ate that 🎀

this was version 3.5.2, dated 2026-02-01, brought to you by Shibboleth. mwah, take care of your daemon 🦋✨

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