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@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ kadmind \- KADM5 administration server
.B kadmind
[\fB\-x\fP \fIdb_args\fP] [\fB-r\fP \fIrealm\fP] [\fB\-m\fP] [\fB\-nofork\fP] [\fB\-port\fP
\fIport-number\fP]
+ [\fB\-P\fP \fIpid_file\fP]
.SH DESCRIPTION
This command starts the KADM5 administration server. If the database is db2,
the administration server runs on the master Kerberos server, which stores the KDC
@@ -122,6 +123,14 @@ specifies the port on which the administration server listens for
connections. The default is is controlled by the
.I kadmind_port
configuration variable (see below).
+.TP
+\fB\-P\fP \fIpid_file\fP
+specifies the file to which the PID of
+.B kadmind
+process should be written to after it starts up. This can be used to
+identify whether
+.B kadmind
+is still running and to allow init scripts to stop the correct process.
.SH CONFIGURATION VALUES
.PP
In addition to the relations defined in kdc.conf(5), kadmind