bluetooth-meshd(8) Linux Connectivity bluetooth-meshd(8)

# [Name](#Name)

bluetooth-meshd - Bluetooth Mesh daemon

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**bluetooth-meshd** \[*options* ...]

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Daemon for managing Bluetooth Mesh connections on Linux.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

[**-h*,* --help**](#h)

Print bluetooth-meshd options and exit.

[**-n, --nodetach**](#n)

Enable logging in foreground. Directs log output to the controlling terminal in addition to syslog.

[**-i <type>, --io **<type>****](#i)

Specifies I/O interface type:

*auto* - Use first available controller: via MGMT interface if kernel supports it, otherwise, via raw HCI socket.

*generic:\[hci]<index>* - Use generic HCI io on interface hci<index>.

*unit:<fd\_path>*- Specifies open file descriptor for daemon testing.

By default, if no type is specified, uses auto I/O on the first available controller.

[**-c <file>, --config **<file>****](#c)

Specifies an explicit config file path instead of relying on the default path(*/etc/bluetooth/mesh-main.conf*) for the config file.

[**-s <dir\_path>, --storage **<dir**path>**](#s)

Specifies an explicit storage directory path instead of the default path(*/var/lib/bluetooth/mesh*) for storing mesh node(s) configuration.

[**-d*,* --debug**](#d)

Enable debug output.

[**-b, --dbus-debug**](#b)

Enable D-Bus debug output.

# [FILES](#FILES)

***/etc/bluetooth/mesh-main.conf***

Location of the global configuration file containing mesh daemon settings.

# [RESOURCES](#RESOURCES)

<http://www.bluez.org>

# [REPORTING BUGS](#REPORTING_BUGS)

<linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org>

# [Copyright](#Copyright)

Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public Licenses (LGPL).

March 2021 BlueZ

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Document: bluetooth-meshd(8) from bluez 5.87-r2 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/bluez/bluez