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.\" $Id: ngircd.8,v 1.8 2003/03/10 00:58:06 alex Exp $
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.TH ngircd 8 "March 2003" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual"
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.SH NAME
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ngircd \- the next generation IRC daemon
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B ngircd [
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.I Options
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.BR ngircd
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is a free open source daemon for the Internet Relay Chat (IRC),
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developed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
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.PP
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It's written from scratch and is not based upon the original IRCd like
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many others. It is easy to configure, supports server links (even with
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original ircd's) and runs on hosts with changing IP addresses (such as
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dial-in networks).
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.PP
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Currently supported platforms (tested versions) are: AIX (3.2.5 with IBM XL
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C Compiler), A/UX (3.x, Apple pre-ANSI C Compiler and GNU C), FreeBSD
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(4.5/i386, GNU C), HP-UX (10.20, GNU C), IRIX (6.5, SGI MIPSpro C 7.30),
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Linux (2.2.x/i386, 2.4.x/i386 and 2.4.x/hppa, GNU C), Mac OS X (10.x, GNU C),
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NetBSD (1.5.2/i386 and 1.5.3/m68k, GNU C), Solaris (2.5.1 and 2.6, GNU C),
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and Windows with Cygwin (GNU C).
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.PP
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As ngIRCd relies on UNIX standards and uses GNU automake and GNU autoconf
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there are good chances that it also supports other UNIX-based operating
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systems.
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.SH OPTIONS
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The default behaviour of
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.BR ngircd
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is to read its standard configuration file (see below), to detach from the
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controlling terminal and to wait for clients.
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You can use these options to modify this default:
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\fB\-\-configtest\fR
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Read, validate and display the configuration; then exit.
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\fB\-f\fR \fIfile\fR, \fB\-\-config\fR \fIfile\fR
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Use
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.I file
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as configuration file.
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\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-nodaemon\fR
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Don't fork a child and don't detach from controlling terminal.
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All log messages go to the console.
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.TP
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\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-passive\fR
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Disable automatic connections to other servers. You can use the IRC command
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CONNECT later on as IRC Operator to link this ngIRCd to other servers.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-version\fR
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Output version information and exit.
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\fB\-\-help\fR
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Display a brief help text and exit.
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.SH FILES
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.I /usr/local/etc/ngircd.conf
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.RS
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The system wide default configuration file.
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.RE
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.I /usr/local/etc/ngircd.motd
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.RS
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Default "message of the day" (MOTD).
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.RE
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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://arthur.ath.cx/~alex/ngircd/
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http://arthur.ath.cx/~alex/ngircd/
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.UE
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR ngircd.conf (5),
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.BR ircd (8)
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.\"
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.\" -eof-
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