Re: What is nscd?

["Gregg C" <debian_user@hotmail.com>]

do a dpkg -s filename and it dpkg will report what package the file came 
from, assuming it was part of a debian package, that is.

nscd is a daemon to cache answers to DNS lookups.




> From: "Peter Kim" <peter@twinsun.co.jp>
> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Subject: What is nscd?
> Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 21:55:39 +0900
>
> I'm currently setting up several linux machines.
>
> When I leave my machines for awhile - a few hours - the terminal screen
> fills with the message:
>
> nscd: 222: while accepting conection: Cannot allocate memory.
>
> My screen is completely filled with this error message.  Each machine
> displays a different number in place of 222.
>
> I've figured out that the 222 is a process id.  I've discovered that 
> there's
> a /usr/sbin/nscd.
>
> I've tried man nscd and I get the following error:
> man: warning: /usr/share/man/man8/sigfetch.8.gz: whatis parse for
> sigfetch(8) fariled
> No manual entry for nscd
>
> I've tried apropos nscd  and  I get:
> there's nothing appropriate
>
> What is nscd and why is it giving me these messages?
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Peter
>
>
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