summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/pica-node.8
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorme_laptop <me_laptop@fb96df88-216d-11de-830c-f3023f12d8ac>2012-08-05 09:17:21 +0000
committerme_laptop <me_laptop@fb96df88-216d-11de-830c-f3023f12d8ac>2012-08-05 09:17:21 +0000
commit999c3d8546b80f921c63b6ae41ca35932bf5cf79 (patch)
tree98370450a65a3b57edd193c954deeb2d383097b5 /pica-node.8
parent71eadd53afc4d1e194946aaa18b28586830e2c81 (diff)
downloadpica-pica-999c3d8546b80f921c63b6ae41ca35932bf5cf79.tar.gz
pica-pica-999c3d8546b80f921c63b6ae41ca35932bf5cf79.zip
man pages - pica-node(8), pica-node.conf(5), default conf values
git-svn-id: svn://localhost/project_picapica/trunk@156 fb96df88-216d-11de-830c-f3023f12d8ac
Diffstat (limited to 'pica-node.8')
-rw-r--r--pica-node.850
1 files changed, 50 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pica-node.8 b/pica-node.8
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cdf6521
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pica-node.8
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+
+.TH pica-node 8
+.SH NAME
+pica-node \- start the node for Pica Pica Messenger distributed network
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B pica-node
+[\-f configuration file] [\-v | \-vv | \-vvv]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+Pica Pica node serves Pica Pica distributed network. It authenticates users,
+provides info about other existing nodes and online users, routes encrypted
+connections between users.
+.PP
+.B pica-node
+listens for TCP connections from clients and other nodes. On startup it loads
+nodelist database and tries to connect to each node listed there. At least one
+node should be alive for successful join to Pica Pica distributed network.
+.B
+
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+\-h
+display help
+.TP
+\-f
+.I config_file_name
+
+Specifies the name of the configuration file. The default is /etc/pica-node.conf
+.TP
+\-v
+Verbose mode. This is helpful in debugging problems. Multiple -v options
+increase the verbosity. The maximum is 3.
+.SH FILES
+.TP
+.I /etc/pica-node.conf
+Configuration file. See
+.BR pica-node.conf (5)
+for details
+.TP
+.I /var/lib/pica-node/nodelist.db
+Nodelist database. This is SQLite 3 database file.
+.TP
+.I /usr/share/pica-node/CA.pem
+Certificate Authority X509 certificate in .pem format
+.SH AUTHOR
+Anton Sviridenko (anton (at) picapica.im, anton (at) picapica.ge)
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR pica-node.conf(5)
+
+.BR http://picapica.im
+