BARRIERS(1)                      User Commands                     BARRIERS(1)

NAME
       barriers - Barrier Keyboard/Mouse Server

SYNOPSIS
       barriers [--address <address>] [--config <pathname>] [--display
       <display>] [--no-xinitthreads] [--daemon|--no-daemon] [--name <screen-
       name>] [--restart|--no-restart] [--debug <level>]

DESCRIPTION
       Start the barrier server component.

OPTIONS
       -a, --address <address>
              listen for clients on the given address.

       -c, --config <pathname>
              use the named configuration file instead.

       -d, --debug <level>
              filter out log messages with priority below level.  level may
              be: FATAL, ERROR, WARNING, NOTE, INFO, DEBUG, DEBUG1, DEBUG2.

       -n, --name <screen-name> use screen-name instead the hostname to
       identify
              this screen in the configuration.

       -1, --no-restart
              do not try to restart on failure.

       --restart
              restart the server automatically if it fails. (*)

       -l  --log <file>
              write log messages to file.

       --no-tray
              disable the system tray icon.

       --enable-drag-drop
              enable file drag & drop.

       --enable-crypto
              enable the crypto (ssl) plugin.

       --display <display>
              connect to the X server at <display>

       --no-xinitthreads
              do not call XInitThreads()

       --screen-change-script <path>
              full path to script to run on screen change first argument is
              the new screen name

       -f, --no-daemon
              run in the foreground.

       --daemon
              run as a daemon. (*)

       -h, --help
              display this help and exit.

       --version
              display version information and exit.

       Default options are marked with a *

       The argument for --address 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.

FILES
       If no configuration file pathname is provided then the first of the
       following to load successfully sets the configuration:

              $HOME/.local/share/barrier/.barrier.conf
              /etc/barrier.conf

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2018 Debauchee Open Source Group
       Copyright (C) 2012-2016 Symless Ltd.
       Copyright (C) 2008-2014 Nick Bolton
       Copyright (C) 2002-2014 Chris Schoeneman

barriers 2.4.0-release           November 2019                     BARRIERS(1)