# slurmd > Monitors all tasks running on the compute node, accepts tasks, launches tasks, and kills running tasks upon request. > More information: . - Report node rebooted when daemon restarted (Used for testing purposes): `slurmd -b` - Run the daemon with the given nodename: `slurmd -N {{nodename}}` - Write log messages to the specified file: `slurmd -L {{path/to/output_file}}` - Read configuration from the specified file: `slurmd -f {{path/to/file}}` - Display help: `slurmd -h`