=head1 NAME

shibd - Shibboleth daemon

=head1 SYNOPSIS

shibd [B<-tfFvh>] [B<-c> I<config>] [B<-d> I<prefix>] [B<-p> I<pidfile>]
[B<-w> I<seconds>] [B<-x> I<catalog>]

=head1 DESCRIPTION

B<shibd> is the Shibboleth daemon.  It handles attribute requests from the
Apache Shibboleth module and should run in conjunction with it.

=head1 OPTIONS

B<shibd> takes the following command-line options.

=over 4

=item B<-c> I<pathname>

Specifies the pathname of B<shibd>'s configuration file. Defaults to
/etc/shibboleth/shibboleth2.xml or the value of the SHIBSP_CONFIG
environment variable, if it is set.

=item B<-d> I<pathname>

Installation prefix. Defaults to /usr.

=item B<-F>

Stay in the foreground.  Normally, B<shibd> backgrounds itself after
starting up.

=item B<-f>

Force removal of listener socket.

=item B<-h>

Prints out a brief summary of the shibboleth options.

=item B<-p> I<pathname>

Specifies the pathname to use to write out the shibboleth PID file.

=item B<-w> I<seconds>

Seconds to wait for the background B<shibd> to start up before the
foreground process returns.  If not set, the default value is three
seconds.

=item B<-t>

Validates the general correctness of the configuration. Not all problems
can be detected this way, but the chance of successful startup is high if
the checking process does not log any errors.

=item B<-v>

Prints out the version string.

=item B<-x> I<pathname>

Specifies the XML schema catalog to use. Defaults to
/usr/share/xml/shibboleth/catalog.xml.

=back

=head1 AUTHORS

shibd is part of the Internet 2 Shibboleth project written by
Scott Cantor <cantor.2@osu.edu>.

=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2005, 2006
Internet2/MACE

This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the Apache 2.0 License <http://www.apache.org/licenses>.

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