1. NAME▲

bluetoothd - Bluetooth daemon

2. SYNOPSIS ▲

bluetoothd [

-n ]

3. 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.

4. OPTIONS ▲

  • -n
        Don't run as daemon in background.
  • -d
        Enable debug information output.
  • -m mtu-size
        Use specific MTU size for SDP server.

5. 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.

6. AUTHOR ▲

This manual page was written by Marcel Holtmann, Philipp Matthias Hahn and Fredrik Noring.