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-.Dd August 28, 2021
-.Dt SIGNALD 7
-.Os
-.Sh NAME
-.Nm %%PKGBASE%%
-.Nd Daemon to facilitate communication via Signal Private Messenger
-.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Nm pkg install %%PKGBASE%%
-.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Em Signald
-is an unofficial utility for interacting with Signal.
-It is a Java based daemon that is running in the background and is
-communicated to over a socket.
-.Pp
-This man page documents how the
-.Fx
-port is installed and how to get started.
-It assumes that the %%PKGBASE%% package was already installed,
-e.g., from the
-.Fx
-package repo as described in
-.Sx SYNOPSIS .
-.Sh GETTING STARTED
-To enable and start the service, run as root
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
-service %%PKGBASE%% enable
-service %%PKGBASE%% start
-.Ed
-.Pp
-Check log output:
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
-cat /var/log/%%PKGBASE%%/%%PKGBASE%%.log
-.Ed
-.Pp
-Install signaldctl, a command line tool that allows interacting with
-the service:
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
-pkg install go
-go install gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/cmd/signaldctl@latest
-.Ed
-.Sh LINKING A DEVICE
-To link an existing device (phone), first enter
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
-~/go/bin/signaldctl account link
-.Ed
-.Pp
-then do "Select Linked Devices -> Link New Device"
-in the Signal smartphone app's menu and scan the QR code shown
-on your terminal.
-.Sh REGISTERING A DEVICE
-.Em WARNING :
-This disconnects other devices using the same MSISDN.
-.Bl -bullet -compact
-.It
-Open your web browser and enable developer mode
-.It
-Go to
-.Lk https://signalcaptchas.org/registration/generate.html
-.It
-Solve the captcha
-.It
-Depending on your browser you are redirected to a URL starting
-with "signalcaptcha://" or it can be seen in the web developer
-console - everything after "//" is the captcha.
-.El
-.Pp
-Register your device using the captcha copied above:
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
-~/go/bin/signaldctl account register [msisdn] --captcha [captcha]
-.Ed
-.Pp
-.Em msisdn
-is your full mobile phone number with country code, e.g., +123456789.
-.Pp
-You will receive a text message containing a verification code on the
-MSISDN specified in the registration call above.
-Use this verification code
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
-~/go/bin/signaldctl account verify [msisdn] [code]
-.Ed
-.Pp
-to complete the registration.
-.Sh SENDING A MESSAGE
-Use this command to send a message
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
-~/go/bin/signaldctl message send -a [msisdn_from] [msisdn_to] [msg]
-.Ed
-.Pp
-You can also send a message to yourself when using a linked device,
-which will show up in "Note to Self", but not cause a notification,
-e.g.,
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
-~/go/bin/signaldctl message send -a +123456789 +123456789 "Beep beep"
-.Ed
-.Sh FILES
-.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /var/run/signald/signald.sock" -compact
-.It Pa /var/db/signald
-Signald database.
-.It Pa /var/log/signald/signald.log
-Signald log output.
-.It Pa /var/run/signald/signald.sock
-Socket to communicate with signald,
-.Em world writable .
-.El
-.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr ports 7 ,
-.Xr daemon 8 ,
-.Xr service 8
-.Pp
-.Rs
-.%B "Signald project website"
-.%U https://signald.org
-.Re
-.Sh AUTHORS
-.An -nosplit
-This manual page was written by
-.An Michael Gmelin Aq Mt grembo@FreeBSD.org .