--- name: "nbdrootd" section: "8" platform: "linux" package: "ltsp-server" version: "5.18.12-3" release: "Debian 10 (Buster)" platforms: ["linux"] url: "https://new.carta.tech/nbdrootd" --- # nbdrootd(8) Serve out LTSP images created with ltsp-update-image(8) ## NAME nbdrootd — Serve out LTSP images created with [ltsp-update-image(8)](/ltsp-update-image/8.md) ## SYNOPSIS **nbdrootd** ## DESCRIPTION **nbdrootd** will serve out LTSP images created with [ltsp-update-image(8)](/ltsp-update-image/8.md) which are filesystem images, and compressed with [mksquashfs(8)](/mksquashfs/8.md). The [nbdrootd(8)](/nbdrootd/8.md) program is a simple shell script wrapper for [nbd-server(1)](/nbd-server/1.md) program, and it is usually run from an [inetd(8)](/inetd/8.md) instance. ## EXAMPLE Add the following line to /etc/[inetd.conf(5)](/inetd.conf/5.md): 2000 stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/nbdrootd /opt/ltsp/images/i386.img Note that the [ltsp-update-image(8)](/ltsp-update-image/8.md) program will do this for you automatically. ## SEE ALSO **ltsp-update-image(1)**, **[nbd-server(1)](/nbd-server/1.md)**, [inetd(8)](/inetd/8.md), [inetd.conf(5)](/inetd.conf/5.md), **[nbd-client(8)](/nbd-client/8.md)**. ## AVAILABILITY **nbdrootd** is part of **ltsp** package and the latest versions are available in source form from *https://launchpad.net/products/ltsp (link to URL https://launchpad.net/products/ltsp)* . ## AUTHOR copyright 2007 Vagrant Cascadian \, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.