Man page 8 : bluetoothd

bluetoothd - Bluetooth daemon

bluetoothd [

-n ]

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.

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

• /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.

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