282 lines
8.2 KiB
Cheetah
282 lines
8.2 KiB
Cheetah
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.\" $Id: ngircd.conf.5.tmpl,v 1.7 2007/11/23 16:26:03 fw Exp $
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.\"
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.TH ngircd.conf 5 "August 2005" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual"
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.SH NAME
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ngircd.conf \- configuration file of ngIRCd
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B :ETCDIR:/ngircd.conf
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.BR ngircd.conf
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is the configuration file of the
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.BR ngircd (8)
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Internet Relay Chat (IRC) daemon which you should adept to your local
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preferences and needs.
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.SH "FILE FORMAT"
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The file consists of sections and parameters. A section begins with the name
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of the section in square brackets and continues until the next section
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begins.
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.PP
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Sections contain parameters of the form
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.PP
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.RS
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.I name
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=
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.I value
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.RE
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.PP
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Empty lines and any line beginning with a semicolon (';') or a hash ('#')
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character is treated as a comment and will be ignored.
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.PP
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The file format is line-based - that means, each newline-terminated line
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represents either a comment, a section name or a parameter.
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.PP
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Section and parameter names are not case sensitive.
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.SH "SECTION OVERVIEW"
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The file can contain blocks of four types: [Global], [Operator], [Server],
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and [Channel].
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.PP
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In the
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.I [Global]
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section, there is the main configuration like the server name and the
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ports on which the server should be listening. IRC operators of this
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server are defined in
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.I [Operator]
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blocks.
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.I [Server]
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is the section where server links are configured. And
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.I [Channel]
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blocks are used to configure pre-defined ("persistent") IRC channels.
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.PP
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There can be more than one [Operator], [Server] and [Channel] sections
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per configuration file, but only one [Global] section.
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.SH [GLOBAL]
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The
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.I [Global]
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section is used to define the server main configuration, like the server
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name and the ports on which the server should be listening.
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.TP
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\fBName\fR
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Server name in the IRC network
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.TP
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\fBInfo\fR
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Info text of the server. This will be shown by WHOIS and LINKS requests for
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example.
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.TP
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\fBAdminInfo1\fR, \fBAdminInfo2\fR, \fBAdminEMail\fR
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Information about the server and the administrator, used by the ADMIN
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command.
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.TP
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\fBPorts\fR
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Ports on which the server should listen. There may be more than one port,
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separated with ','. Default: 6667.
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.TP
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\fBListen\fR
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The IP address on which the server should listen. Default is empty, so
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the server listens on all configured IP addresses and interfaces.
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.TP
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\fBMotdFile\fR
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Text file with the "message of the day" (MOTD). This message will be shown
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to all users connecting to the server.
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.TP
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\fBMotdPhrase\fR
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A simple Phrase (<256 chars) if you don't want to use a MOTD file.
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If it is set no MotdFile will be read at all.
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.TP
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\fBServerUID\fR
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User ID under which the server should run; you can use the name of the user
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or the numerical ID.
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.PP
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.RS
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.B Attention:
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.br
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For this to work the server must have been
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started with root privileges! In addition, the configuration and MOTD files
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must be readable by this user, otherwise RESTART and REHASH won't work!
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.RE
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.TP
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\fBServerGID\fR
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Group ID under which the ngIRCd should run; you can use the name of the
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group or the numerical ID.
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.PP
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.RS
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.B Attention:
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.br
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For this to work the server must have
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been started with root privileges!
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.RE
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.TP
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\fBChrootDir\fR
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A directory to chroot in when everything is initialized. It doesn't need
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to be populated if ngIRCd is compiled as a static binary. By default ngIRCd
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won't use the chroot() feature.
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.PP
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.RS
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.B Attention:
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.br
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For this to work the server must have
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been started with root privileges!
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.RE
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.TP
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\fBPidFile\fR
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This tells ngIRCd to write its current process ID to a file. Note that the
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pidfile is written AFTER chroot and switching the user ID, i. e. the
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directory the pidfile resides in must be writeable by the ngIRCd user and
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exist in the chroot directory (if configured, see above).
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.RE
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.TP
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\fBPingTimeout\fR
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After <PingTimeout> seconds of inactivity the server will send a PING to
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the peer to test whether it is alive or not. Default: 120.
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.TP
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\fBPongTimeout\fR
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If a client fails to answer a PING with a PONG within <PongTimeout>
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seconds, it will be disconnected by the server. Default: 20.
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.TP
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\fBConnectRetry\fR
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The server tries every <ConnectRetry> seconds to establish a link to not yet
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(or no longer) connected servers. Default: 60.
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.TP
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\fBOperCanUseMode\fR
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Should IRC Operators be allowed to use the MODE command even if they are
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not(!) channel-operators? Default: no.
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.TP
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\fBOperServerMode\fR
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If OperCanUseMode is enabled, this may lead the compatibility problems with
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Servers that run the ircd-irc2 Software. This Option "masks" mode requests
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by non-chanops as if they were coming from the server. Default: no.
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.TP
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\fBPredefChannelsOnly\fR
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If enabled, no new channels can be created. Useful if
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you do not want to have channels other than those defined in
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the config file.
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Default: No.
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.TP
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\fBNoDNS\fR
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If enabled, ngircd will not make DNS lookups when clients connect.
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If you configure ngircd to connect to other servers, ngircd may still
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perform a DNS lookup if required.
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Default: No.
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.TP
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\fBMaxConnections\fR
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Maximum number of simultaneous connection the server is allowed to accept
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(0: unlimited). Default: 0.
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.TP
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\fBMaxConnectionsIP\fR
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Maximum number of simultaneous connections from a single IP address that
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the server will accept (0: unlimited). This configuration options lowers
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the risk of denial of service attacks (DoS). Default: 5.
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.TP
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\fBMaxJoins\fR
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Maximum number of channels a user can be member of (0: no limit).
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Default: 10.
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.TP
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\fBMaxNickLength\fR
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Maximum length of an user nick name (Default: 9, as in RFC 2812). Please
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note that all servers in an IRC network MUST use the same maximum nick name
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length!
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.SH [OPERATOR]
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.I [Operator]
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sections are used to define IRC Operators. There may be more than one
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.I [Operator]
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block, one for each local operator.
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.TP
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\fBName\fR
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ID of the operator (may be different of the nick name).
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.TP
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\fBPassword\fR
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Password of the IRC operator.
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.TP
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\fBMask\fR
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Mask that is to be checked before an /OPER for this account is accepted.
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Example: nick!ident@*.example.com
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.SH [SERVER]
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Other servers are configured in
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.I [Server]
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sections. If you configure a port for the connection, then this ngIRCd
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tries to connect to to the other server on the given port; if not, it waits
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for the other server to connect.
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.PP
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The ngIRCd allows "server groups": You can assign an "ID" to every server
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with which you want this ngIRCd to link. If a server of a group won't
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answer, the ngIRCd tries to connect to the next server in the given group.
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But ngIRCd never tries to connect to two servers with the same group ID.
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.PP
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There may be more than one
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.I [Server]
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block.
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.TP
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\fBName\fR
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IRC name of the server
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.TP
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\fBHost\fR
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Internet host name of the peer
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.TP
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\fBBind\fR
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IP address to use as source IP for the outgoing connection. Default ist
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to let the operating system decide.
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.TP
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\fBPort\fR
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Port of the server to which the ngIRCd should connect. If you assign no port
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the ngIRCd waits for incoming connections.
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.TP
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\fBMyPassword\fR
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Own password for this connection. This password has to be configured as
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"PeerPassword" on the other server. Must not have ':' as first character.
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.TP
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\fBPeerPassword\fR
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Foreign password for this connection. This password has to be configured as
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"MyPassword" on the other server.
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.TP
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\fBGroup\fR
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Group of this server (optional).
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\fBPassive\fR
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Disable automatic connection even if port value is specified. Default: false.
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You can use the IRC Operator command CONNECT later on to create the link.
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.SH [CHANNEL]
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Pre-defined channels can be configured in
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.I [Channel]
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sections. Such channels are created by the server when starting up and even
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persist when there are no more members left.
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.PP
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Persistent channels are marked with the mode 'P', which can be set and unset
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by IRC operators like other modes on the fly.
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.PP
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There may be more than one
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.I [Channel]
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block.
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.TP
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\fBName\fR
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Name of the channel
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.TP
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\fBTopic\fR
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Topic for this channel
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.TP
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\fBModes\fR
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Initial channel modes.
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.TP
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\fBKey\fR
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Sets initial channel key (only relevant if mode k is set)
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.TP
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\fBMaxUsers\fR
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Set maximum user limit for this channel (only relevant if mode l is set)
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.SH HINTS
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It's wise to use "ngircd --configtest" to validate the configuration file
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after changing it. See
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.BR ngircd (8)
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for details.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Alexander Barton,
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.UR mailto:alex@barton.de
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alex@barton.de
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.UE
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.br
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Homepage:
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.UR http://ngircd.barton.de/
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http://ngircd.barton.de/
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.UE
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR ngircd (8)
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.\"
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.\" -eof-
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