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NAME

6       slpd - Service Location Protocol Daemon
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SYNOPSIS

9       /usr/lib/inet/slpd [-f configuration-file]
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DESCRIPTION

13       The  slpd  daemon  provides common server functionality for the Service
14       Location Protocol ("SLP") versions 1 and 2, as defined by IETF  in  RFC
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21       Directory Agent
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23           This service automatically caches service advertisements from  ser‐
24           vice  agents  to  provide  them to user agents, and makes directory
25           agent advertisements of its services.  This  service  is  optional.
26           slpd does not provide directory agent service by default. Directory
27           agents are not databases, and they do not need to be maintained.
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32           All service agents on the local host register and  deregister  with
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40           This  service  listens for directory agent advertisements and main‐
41           tains a table of active directory agents.  When a user agent wishes
42           to  discover a directory agent, it can simply query slpd, obviating
43           the need to perform discovery by means of  multicast.  By  default,
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49           This  service  can  act  as a proxy service agent for services that
50           cannot register themselves. slpd reads the proxy registration  file
51           for information on services it is to proxy. By default, no services
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56       All configuration options are available from  the  configuration  file.
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60       Stop  and  start  the  slpd  daemon  using svcadm(1M).  Use the command
61       svcadm enable network/slp to start the slpd daemon.   Use  the  command
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65       The file /etc/inet/slp.conf must exist before the slp service can start
66       the daemon. Only the example file /etc/inet/slp.conf.example is present
67       by   default.   To   enable  SLP,  copy  /etc/inet/slp.conf.example  to
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OPTIONS

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EXAMPLES

77       Example 1 Stopping the slpd daemon
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80       The following command stops the slpd daemon:
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87       Example 2 Restarting the slpd daemon
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90       The following command restarts the slpd daemon:
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FILES

98       /etc/inet/slp.conf    The default configuration file
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ATTRIBUTES

105       See attributes(5)  for descriptions of the following attributes:
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110       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
111       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         │      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        │
112       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
113       │Availability                 │SUNWslpu, SUNWslpr           │
114       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
115       │CSI                          │Enabled                      │
116       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
117       │Interface Stability          │ Evolving                    │
118       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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SEE ALSO

121       svcs(1),   svcadm(1M),   slp_api(3SLP),    slp.conf(4),    slpd.reg(4),
122       attributes(5), smf(5), slp(7P)
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128       Guttman, E.,  Perkins, C., Veizades, J., and Day, M., RFC 2608, Service
129       Location Protocol, Version 2, The Internet Society, June 1999.
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NOTES

132       The slpd service is managed by the service management facility, smf(5),
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140       Administrative actions on this service, such as enabling, disabling, or
141       requesting restart, can be performed using  svcadm(1M).  The  service's
142       status can be queried using the svcs(1) command.
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