The distccd server may be started either from a super-server
such as inetd
, or as a stand-alone daemon.
distccd does not need to run as root and should not.
distccd does not have a configuration file; it's behaviour is controlled only by command-line options and requests from clients.
These options may be used for either inetd or standalone mode.
--help
Explains usage of the daemon and exits.
--version
Shows the daemon version and exits.
-N
, --nice NICENESS
Makes the daemon more nice about giving up the CPU to other tasks on the machine. NICENESS is a value from 0 (regular priority) to 20 (lowest priority). This option is good if you want to run distccd in the background on a machine used for other purposes.