shibd8
Shibboleth daemon
Usage
shibd [-tfFvh]
[-c
config]
[-d
prefix]
[-p
pidfile]
[-w
seconds]
[-x
catalog]
Overview
shibd is the Shibboleth daemon. It handles attribute requests from the Apache Shibboleth module and should run in conjunction with it.
Options
shibd takes the following command-line options.
-
-c pathname -
Specifies the pathname of
shibd's configuration file. Defaults to /etc/shibboleth/shibboleth2.xml or the value of the SHIBSP_CONFIG environment variable, if it is set.
-
-d pathname -
Installation prefix. Defaults to /usr.
-
-F -
Stay in the foreground. Normally,
shibdbackgrounds itself after starting up.
-
-f -
Force removal of listener socket.
-
-h -
Prints out a brief summary of the shibboleth options.
-
-p pathname -
Specifies the pathname to use to write out the shibboleth PID file.
-
-w seconds -
Seconds to wait for the background
shibdto start up before the foreground process returns. If not set, the default value is three seconds.
-
-t -
Validates the general correctness of the configuration. 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.
-
-v -
Prints out the version string.
-
-x pathname -
Specifies the XML schema catalog to use. Defaults to /usr/share/xml/shibboleth/catalog.xml.
Copyright and license
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>.
Releases
10 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 9 times.
-F since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
-v since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
-w since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
-x since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze).