nbdswapd(8) - Linux man page

Name

nbdswapd -- dynamically create swap files on request export with an nbd-server(1) instance

Synopsis

nbdswapd

Description

nbdswapd will dynamically create a swap file when it receives a request and export it using nbd-server(1). it is usually run from an inetd(8) instance.

Example

add the following lines to /etc/inetd.conf(5):

9210 stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/nbdswapd

See Also

nbd-server(1), inetd(8), inetd.conf(5), nbd-client(8).

Availability

nbdswapd is part of ltsp package and the latest versions are available in source form from https://launchpad.net/products/ltsp (link to URL https://launchpad.net/products/ltsp) .

Author

copyright 2006 Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@freegeek.org>, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.