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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.

BSD                                            April 20, 2009                                            BSD

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