---
name: "sdpd"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "bluez-utils"
version: "3.7-1"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux", "freebsd"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/sdpd"
---

# sdpd(8)

Bluetooth SDP daemon

## NAME

sdpd — Bluetooth SDP daemon

## SYNOPSIS

**sdpd** \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**sdpd** allows Bluetooth devices  connected to the host to advertise via SDP the Bluetooth services  available.

## OPTIONS

- **-n**

  Don't detach from the controlling terminal.

## BUGS

None yet known.

## AUTHOR

Maxim Krasnyansky \<maxk@qualcomm.com\>,   Stephen Crane \<steve.crane@rococosoft.com\>. Man page written  by Edd Dumbill \<ejad@debian.org\>.

Based on work done by Guruprasad Krishnamurthy  \<guruprasad.krishnamurthy@nokia.com\>, Dmitry Kasatkin  \<dmitry.kasatkin@nokia.com\> and Manel Guerrero Zapata  \<manel.guerrero-zapata@nokia.com\>.

## SEE ALSO

[sdptool(1)](/sdptool/1.md)