barrier/doc/barriers.1

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.TH BARRIERS "1" "November 2019" "barriers 2.3.3-release" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
barriers \- Barrier Keyboard/Mouse Server
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B barriers
[\fI\,--address <address>\/\fR] [\fI\,--config <pathname>\/\fR] [\fI\,--display <display>\/\fR] [\fI\,--no-xinitthreads\/\fR] [\fI\,--daemon|--no-daemon\/\fR] [\fI\,--name <screen-name>\/\fR] [\fI\,--restart|--no-restart\/\fR] [\fI\,--debug <level>\/\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Start the barrier server component.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-address\fR <address>
listen for clients on the given address.
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-config\fR <pathname>
use the named configuration file instead.
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-debug\fR <level>
filter out log messages with priority below level.
level may be: FATAL, ERROR, WARNING, NOTE, INFO,
DEBUG, DEBUG1, DEBUG2.
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-name\fR <screen\-name> use screen\-name instead the hostname to identify
this screen in the configuration.
.TP
\fB\-1\fR, \fB\-\-no\-restart\fR
do not try to restart on failure.
.TP
\fB\-\-restart\fR
restart the server automatically if it fails. (*)
.TP
\fB\-l\fR  \fB\-\-log\fR <file>
write log messages to file.
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-tray\fR
disable the system tray icon.
.TP
\fB\-\-enable\-drag\-drop\fR
enable file drag & drop.
.TP
\fB\-\-enable\-crypto\fR
enable the crypto (ssl) plugin.
.TP
\fB\-\-display\fR <display>
connect to the X server at <display>
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-xinitthreads\fR
do not call XInitThreads()
.TP
\fB\-\-screen\-change\-script\fR <path>
full path to script to run on screen change
first argument is the new screen name
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-no\-daemon\fR
run in the foreground.
.TP
\fB\-\-daemon\fR
run as a daemon. (*)
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit.
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
display version information and exit.
.PP
Default options are marked with a *
.PP
The argument for \fB\-\-address\fR is of the form: [<hostname>][:<port>].  The
hostname must be the address or hostname of an interface on the system.
Placing brackets around an IPv6 address is required when also specifying
a port number and optional otherwise. The default is to listen on all
interfaces using port number 24800.
.SH FILES
If no configuration file pathname is provided then the first of the
following to load successfully sets the configuration:
.IP
.I $HOME/.local/share/barrier/.barrier.conf
.br
.I /etc/barrier.conf
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2018 Debauchee Open Source Group
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Copyright \(co 2012\-2016 Symless Ltd.
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Copyright \(co 2008\-2014 Nick Bolton
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Copyright \(co 2002\-2014 Chris Schoeneman