iscsid(8)

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

AUTHORS

Open-iSCSI project <http://www.open-iscsi.com/>
Alex Aizman <[email protected]>
Dmitry Yusupov <[email protected]>