Information about the package, nscd, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The nscd package is designed for, A Name Service Caching Daemon (nscd)..
Package Name:
nscd
Summary:
A Name Service Caching Daemon (nscd).
Description:
Nscd caches name service lookups and can dramatically improve performance with NIS+, and may help with DNS as well.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.12
Release:
1.209.el6_9.2
Size:
185 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
updates
Licence:
LGPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ with exceptions and GPLv2+
Control the nscd package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install nscd
This command will install nscd on the server.
yum remove nscd
This command will un-install nscd on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove nscd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove nscd
This command will un-install nscd on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove nscd when using the -y flag.
yum update nscd
This command will update nscd to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove nscd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update nscd
This command will update nscd to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove nscd when using the -y flag.
yum info nscd
This command will show you core information about the nscd package.
yum deplist nscd
This command will show you the dependencies for nscd. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update nscd
This command will check if there is an update waiting on nscd. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.