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Name

iscsid - Open-iSCSI daemon

Synopsis

[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

Read configuration from config-file rather than the default /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf file.

Read initiator name from iname-file rather than the default /etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi file.

run iscsid in the foreground. Implies --no-pid-file .

print debugging information. Valid values for debug_level are 0 to 8.

run under user ID uid (default is the current user ID).

run under user group ID gid (default is the current user group ID).

do not write a process ID file. Conflicts with the option.

write process ID to pid-file rather than the default /run/iscsid.pid. Conflicts with the option.

display this help and exit

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 <[email protected]> Dmitry Yusupov <[email protected]>