1.. cyrusman:: sync_server(8)
2
3.. author: David Carter (dpc22@cam.ac.uk)
4.. author: Ken Murchison (ken@oceana.com)
5.. author: Nic Bernstein (Onlight)
6
7.. _imap-reference-manpages-systemcommands-sync_server:
8
9===============
10**sync_server**
11===============
12
13Server side of the synchronization (replication) engine
14
15Synopsis
16========
17
18.. parsed-literal::
19
20    **sync_server** [ **-C** *config-file* ] [ **-p** *ssf*]
21
22
23Description
24===========
25
26**sync_server** is the server side of the the replication system.  It
27runs on the target (replica) system and listens for connections from
28:cyrusman:`sync_client(8)` which provides instructions for synchronizing
29the replica system with the master system.
30
31**sync_server** |default-conf-text|
32
33Options
34=======
35
36.. program:: sync_server
37
38.. option:: -C config-file
39
40    |cli-dash-c-text|
41
42.. option:: -p  ssf
43
44  Tell **sync_server** that an external layer exists.  An SSF (security
45  strength factor) of 1 means an integrity protection layer exists.
46  Any higher SSF implies some form of privacy protection.
47
48Examples
49========
50
51**sync_server** is commonly included in the SERVICES section of
52:cyrusman:`cyrus.conf(5)` like so:
53
54.. parsed-literal::
55    SERVICES {
56        imap        cmd="imapd -U 30" listen="imap" prefork=0
57        imaps       cmd="imapd -s -U 30" listen="imaps" prefork=0 maxchild=100
58        pop3        cmd="pop3d -U 30" listen="pop3" prefork=0
59        pop3s       cmd="pop3d -s -U 30" listen="pop3s" prefork=0 maxchild=100
60        lmtpunix    cmd="lmtpd" listen="/var/run/cyrus/socket/lmtp" prefork=0 maxchild=20
61        sieve       cmd="timsieved" listen="sieve" prefork=0
62        notify      cmd="notifyd" listen="/var/run/cyrus/socket/notify" proto="udp" prefork=1
63        httpd       cmd="httpd" listen=8080 prefork=1 maxchild=20
64        **syncserver  cmd="sync_server" listen="csync"**
65    }
66
67
68Files
69=====
70
71/etc/imapd.conf,
72/etc/cyrus.conf
73
74See Also
75========
76
77:cyrusman:`sync_client(8)`,
78:cyrusman:`imapd.conf(5)`,
79:cyrusman:`cyrus.conf(5)`
80