bluetoothd (8) manual page
Name
bluetoothd - Bluetooth daemon
Synopsis
bluetoothd [ -n ]
Description
This manual page documents briefly the bluetoothd daemon, which manages all the Bluetooth devices. bluetoothd itself does not accept many command-line options, as most of its configuration is done in the /etc/bluetooth/main.conf file, which has its own man page. bluetoothd can also provide a number of services via the D-Bus message bus system.
Options
- -n
- Don’t run as daemon in background.
- -d
- Enable debug information output.
- -m mtu-size
- Use specific MTU size for SDP server.
Files
/etc/bluetooth/main.conf
Default location of the global configuration file.
/var/lib/bluetooth/nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn/linkkeys Default location for link keys of paired devices. The directory nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn is the address of the local device. The file is line separated, with the following columns separated by whitespace:
nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn Remote device address.
nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Link key.
n Link type integer.
/var/lib/bluetooth/nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn/names
Default location for the device name cache. The directory
nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn is the address of the local device. The file
is line separated, with the following columns separated by
whitespace:
nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn Remote device address.
name Remote device name, terminated with newline.
/var/lib/bluetooth/nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn/features Default location for the features cache. The directory nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn is the address of the local device. The file is line separated, with the following columns separated by whitespace:
nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn Remote device address.
nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Remote device LMP features coded as an 8 byte bitfield.
/var/lib/bluetooth/nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn/manufacturers Default location for the manufacturers cache. The directory nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn is the address of the local device. The file is line separated, with the following columns separated by whitespace:
nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn Remote device address.
n Remote device manufacturer integer.
n Remote device LMP version integer.
n Remote device LMP sub-version integer.
Author
This manual page was written by Marcel Holtmann, Philipp Matthias Hahn and Fredrik Noring.
