Specifies name of the file to which debug info should be written.

Sets the desired debug level. The default is 0.

This is the number of threads that are started to wait for requests. At least five threads will always be created.

Specifies the maximum number of threads. The default is 32.

If this option is set, nscd will run as this user and not as root. If a separate cache for every user is used (−S parameter), this option is ignored.

Specifies the user who is allowed to request statistics.

Limit on the number of times a cached entry gets reloaded without being used before it gets removed. The default is 5.

Enabling paranoia mode causes nscd to restart itself periodically. The default is no.

Sets the restart interval to time seconds if periodic restart is enabled by enabling paranoia mode. The default is 3600.

Enables or disables the specified service cache. The default is no.

Sets the TTL (time-to-live) for positive entries (successful queries) in the specified cache for service. Value is in seconds. Larger values increase cache hit rates and reduce mean response times, but increase problems with cache coherence.

Sets the TTL (time-to-live) for negative entries (unsuccessful queries) in the specified cache for service. Value is in seconds. Can result in significant performance improvements if there are several files owned by UIDs (user IDs) not in system databases (for example untarring the Linux kernel sources as root); should be kept small to reduce cache coherency problems.

This is the internal hash table size, value should remain a prime number for optimum efficiency. The default is 211.

Enables or disables checking the file belonging to the specified service for changes. The files are /etc/passwd, /etc/group, /etc/hosts, /etc/services and /etc/netgroup. The default is yes.

Keep the content of the cache for service over server restarts; useful when paranoia mode is set. The default is no.

The memory mapping of the nscd databases for service is shared with the clients so that they can directly search in them instead of having to ask the daemon over the socket each time a lookup is performed. The default is no.

The maximum allowable size, in bytes, of the database files for the service. The default is 33554432.

When set to no for passwd or group service, then the .byname requests are not added to passwd.byuid or group.bygid cache. This can help with tables containing multiple records for the same ID. The default is yes. This option is valid only for services passwd and group.