Man page - deskflow-server(1)
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DESKFLOW-SERVER
NAMESYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
COPYRIGHT
SEE ALSO
NAME
deskflow-server - manual page for deskflow-server v1.22.0.0, protocol v1.8
SYNOPSIS
deskflow-server [ OPTIONS ]
DESCRIPTION
Keyboard and mouse sharing utility
OPTIONS
-h ,--help
Print this help message and exit
--config-toml TEXT
Use TOML configuration file
Usage: deskflow-server --config <pathname> [--address <address>] [--display <display>] [--no-xinitthreads] [--daemon|--no-daemon] [--name <screen-name>] [--restart|--no-restart] [--debug <level>]
Start the
Deskflow mouse/keyboard sharing server.
-a
,
--address
<address>
listen for clients on the given address.
-c , --config <pathname>
path of the configuration file
-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.
--enable-crypto
enable TLS encryption.
--tls-cert
specify the path to the TLS certificate file.
--disable-client-cert-check disable client SSL certificate
checking (deprecated)
-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.
--display <display>
when in X mode, connect to the X server at <display>.
--no-xinitthreads
do not call XInitThreads()
* 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.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright ©
2024-2025 Deskflow Devs
Copyright © 2012-2025 Symless Ltd.
Copyright © 2009-2012 Nick Bolton
Copyright © 2002-2009 Chris Schoeneman
SEE ALSO
deskflow(1), deskflow-client(1), deskflow-server(2)
All documentation is on the web, so please point your browser at <https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow/wiki> and surf away.