NAME

synergys - manual page for synergys 1.11.0-stable, protocol version 1.6

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

Start the synergy mouse/keyboard sharing server.

-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()

-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.

* marks defaults.

The argument for --address is of the form: [<hostname>][:<port>]. The hostname must be the address or hostname of an interface on the system. The default is to listen on all interfaces. The port overrides the default port, 24800.

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

$HOME/.synergy.conf /etc/synergy.conf

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2012-2019 Symless Ltd.
Copyright © 2008-2014 Nick Bolton
Copyright © 2002-2014 Chris Schoeneman

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for synergys is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and synergys programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info synergys

should give you access to the complete manual.