.TH PROSODYCTL 1 "2009-07-02" .SH NAME prosodyctl \- Manage a Prosody XMPP server .SH SYNOPSIS \fBprosodyctl\fP \fIcommand\fP [\fI--help\fP] .SH DESCRIPTION \fBprosodyctl\fP is the control tool for the Prosody XMPP server. It may be used to control the server daemon and manage users. \fBprosodyctl\fP needs to be executed with sufficient privileges to perform its commands. This typically means executing \fBprosodyctl\fP as the root user. If a user named "prosody" is found then \fBprosodyctl\fP will change to that user before executing its commands. .SH COMMANDS .SS User Management In the following commands users are identified by a Jabber ID, \fIjid\fP, of the usual form: user@domain. .IP "\fBadduser\fP \fIjid\fP" Adds a user with Jabber ID, \fIjid\fP, to the server. You will be prompted to enter the user's password. .IP "\fBpasswd\fP \fIjid\fP" Changes the password of an existing user with Jabber ID, \fIjid\fP. You will be prompted to enter the user's new password. .IP "\fBdeluser\fP \fIjid\fP" Deletes an existing user with Jabber ID, \fIjid\fP, from the server. .SS Daemon Management Although \fBprosodyctl\fP has commands to manage the \fBprosody\fP daemon it is recommended that you utilize your distributions daemon management features if you attained Prosody through a package. To perform daemon control commands \fBprosodyctl\fP needs a \fIpidfile\fP value specified in \fI/etc/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua\fP. Failure to do so will cause \fBprosodyctl\fP to complain. .IP \fBstart\fP Starts the \fBprosody\fP server daemon. If run as root \fBprosodyctl\fP will attempt to change to a user named "prosody" before executing. This operation will block for up to five seconds to wait for the server to execute. .IP \fBstop\fP Stops the \fBprosody\fP server daemon. This operation will block for up to five seconds to wait for the server to stop executing. .IP \fBstatus\fP Prints the current execution status of the \fBprosody\fP server daemon. .SS Ejabberd Compatibility \fBejabberd\fP is another XMPP server which provides a comparable control tool, \fBejabberdctl\fP, to control its server's operations. \fBprosodyctl\fP implements some commands which are compatible with \fBejabberdctl\fP. For details of how these commands work you should see .BR ejabberdctl (8). .IP "\fBregister\fP \fIuser server password\fP" .IP "\fBunregister\fP \fIuser server\fP" .SH OPTIONS .IP \fI--help\fP Display help text for the specified command. .SH FILES .IP \fI/etc/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua\fP The main \fBprosody\fP configuration file. \fBprosodyctl\fP reads this to determine the process ID file of the \fBprosody\fP server daemon and to determine if a host has been configured. .SH ONLINE More information may be found online at: \fIhttp://prosody.im/\fP .SH AUTHORS Dwayne Bent <dbb.0@liqd.org>