---
name: "jabberd2-sm"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "jabberd2"
version: "2.7.0-8"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/jabberd2-sm"
---

# jabberd2-sm(8)

Jabber IM session manager

## NAME

jabberd2-sm - Jabber IM session manager

## SYNOPSIS

**jabberd2-sm** *\[-h\] \[-c config\] \[-D\]*

## DESCRIPTION

**jabberd2-sm** provides instant messaging services to Jabber clients. It performs all the essential instant messaging services like rosters, presence tracking, message distribution and subscriptions, plus more advanced features.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**

  Show summary of options.

- **-c**

  Alternate configuration file to use. The compiled-in default is /etc/jabberd2/sm.xml.

- **-D**

  Print debugging output. You should configure jabberd with the --enable-debug switch to enable this.

## SEE ALSO

[**jabberd**(8)](/jabberd/8.md) [**jabberd2-c2s**(8)](/jabberd2-c2s/8.md) [**jabberd2-router**(8)](/jabberd2-router/8.md) [**jabberd2-s2s**(8)](/jabberd2-s2s/8.md)

## AUTHOR

Robert Norris \<rob@cataclysm.cx\>