iscsid.8

ISCSID

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
FILES
SEE ALSO
AUTHORS

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NAME

iscsid − Open-iSCSI daemon

SYNOPSIS

iscsid [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION

The iscsid implements the control path of iSCSI protocol, plus some management facilities. For example, the daemon could be configured to automatically re-start discovery at startup, based on the contents of persistent iSCSI database.

OPTIONS

**[-c|—config=]**config−file

Read configuration from config−file rather than the default /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf file.

**[-i|—initiatorname=]**iname−file

Read initiator name from iname−file rather than the default /etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi file.

[-f|—foreground]

run iscsid in the foreground. Implies —no-pid-file.

**[-d|—debug=]**debug_level

print debugging information. Valid values for debug_level are 0 to 8.

**[-u|—uid=]**uid

run under user ID uid (default is the current user ID).

**[-g|—gid=]**gid

run under user group ID gid (default is the current user group ID).

[-n|—no-pid-file]

do not write a process ID file. Conflicts with the —pid= option.

**[-p|—pid=]**pid−file

write process ID to pid−file rather than the default /run/iscsid.pid. Conflicts with the —no-pid-file option.

[-h|—help]

display this help and exit

[-v|—version]

display version and exit.

FILES

/etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf

The configuration file read by iscsid and iscsiadm on startup.

/etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi

The file containing the iSCSI initiatorname and initiatoralias read by iscsid and iscsiadm on startup.

/var/lib/iscsi/nodes

Open-iSCSI persistent configuration database

SEE ALSO

iscsiadm(8)

AUTHORS

Open-iSCSI project <http://www.open-iscsi.com/>
Alex Aizman <itn780@yahoo.com>
Dmitry Yusupov <dmitry_yus@yahoo.com>

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