---
name: "slpd"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "slpd"
version: "1.2.1-10+deb8u1"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/slpd"
---

# slpd(8)

SLPv2 Service Agent (SA)/Directory Agent (DA)

## NAME

slpd - SLPv2 Service Agent (SA)/Directory Agent (DA)

## SYNOPSIS

**/usr/sbin/slpd** **\[-d\]** **\[-c configfile\]** **\[-r registrationfile\]** **\[-l logfile\]** **\[-p pidfile\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**slpd** is an SLPv2 compliant Service Agent and (optionally) Directory Agent.  It listens for SLP requests on port 427, responding to the SLP User Agents and (when running as a DA) Service Agents. **slpd** is typically invoked at boot time, usually out of **/etc/init.d/slpd .**

## OPTIONS

- **-d**

  Don't detach from the controlling tty

- **-f** *configfile*

  Use configfile as the file slpd reads to obtain configuration information, rather than the default, **/etc/slpd.conf .**

- **-r** *registrationfile*

  Use registrationfile as the file that slpd reads to obtain static registrations, rather than the default, **/etc/slpd.rej**.

- **-l** *logfile*

  Use logfile as the file that slpd reads to write log messages, rather than the default, **/var/log/slpd.log.**

- **-p** *pidfile*

  Use pidfile as the file that holds the slpd process id, rather than the default, **/var/run/slpd.pid.**

## SEE ALSO

"OpenSLP User's Guide"

## NOTES

This man page was written for the Debian project by Debian Developer Ganesan Rajagopal (rganesan@debian.org). You should refer to the online html documentation in the **openslp-doc** package for more complete and up-to-date information.

## BUGS

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group\_id=1730&atid=101730

## ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

**OpenSLP** is developed and maintained by The OpenSLP Project (http://www.openslp.org/).