CARDDAVD(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 					       CARDDAVD(8)

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.

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								  April 20, 2009							       BSD