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.

[-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.

[-p|--pid=]pid-file
    write process ID to pid-file rather than the default /var/run/iscsid.pid

[-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.

/etc/iscsi/nodes
    Open-iSCSI persistent configuration database

SEE ALSO
iscsiadm(8)

AUTHORS
Open-iSCSI project <http://www.open-iscsi.com/>
Alex Aizman <itn780@yahoo.com>
Dmitry Yusupov <dmitry_yus@yahoo.com>