NAME
carddavd – Darwin Address Book Server Control Interface
SYNOPSIS
carddavd [-hX] [-u username] [-g groupname] [-T twistd] [-f carddavd.plist]
DESCRIPTION
carddavd is a front end to the Darwin Address Book Server. The Darwin Address Book Server is a web server which implements the HTTP, WebDAV, WebDAV ACL, and CardDAV protocols.
carddavd is a simple tool for starting the server.
OPTIONS
- -h
-
Displays usage information
- -X
-
Starts the server but does not daemonize it.
- -u username
-
Drops privileges to the given username.
- -g groupname
-
Drops privileges to the given groupname.
- -f carddavd.plist
-
Specifies the path of the configuration file to read.
- -T twistd
-
Specifies the path to the twistd binary.
FILES
- /etc/carddavd/carddavd.plist
-
The Address Book Server configuration file. It is an XML property list specifying server options such as the port to bind to, whether to use SSL, and the names of other configuration files.
- /etc/carddavd/server.pem
-
PEM-format server keys for use with SSL.
- /Library/AddressBookServer/Documents
-
The server's document root, which is used as the backing store for the HTTP resources on the server.
- /var/log/carddavd/access.log
-
The server's access log file, in a format similar to Apache HTTPd's access log.
- /var/log/carddavd/error.log
-
The server's main log file.
- /var/run/carddavd.pid
-
The server's process ID file.
- /usr/share/carddavd
-
Server implementation and support files.
SEE ALSO
caldavd(8), httpd(8), serveradmin(8)
STANDARDS
carddavd complies with draft-ietf-vcarddav-carddav (CardDAV), RFC 2518 (WebDAV) and RFC 3744 (WebDAV ACL).
HISTORY
carddavd was first introduced as part of Darwin 10 and Mac OS 10.6.
BUGS
This version of carddavd is still in development and testing.