ngircd(8)

1ngircd(8)                        ngIRCd Manual                       ngircd(8)
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NAME

6       ngIRCd - the next generation IRC daemon
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SYNOPSIS

9       ngircd [ Options ]
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DESCRIPTION

12       ngIRCd  is a free open source daemon for the Internet Relay Chat (IRC),
13       developed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
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15       It's written from scratch and is not based upon the original IRCd  like
16       many  others. It is easy to configure, supports server links (even with
17       original ircd's) and runs on hosts with changing IP addresses (such  as
18       dial-in networks).
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20       Currently  supported platforms include AIX, A/UX, FreeBSD, HP-UX, IRIX,
21       Linux, Mac OS X, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, and Windows with Cygwin.
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23       As ngIRCd relies on UNIX standards and uses GNU automake and GNU  auto‐
24       conf  there  are  good  chances  that it also supports other UNIX-based
25       operating systems as well. By default,  ngIRCd  writes  diagnostic  and
26       informational messages using the syslog mechanism.
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OPTIONS

29       The  default  behaviour of ngircd is to read its standard configuration
30       file (see below), to detach from the controlling terminal and  to  wait
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33       You can use these options to modify this default:
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35       -f file, --config file
36              Use file as configuration file.
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38       -n, --nodaemon
39              Don't  fork  a child and don't detach from controlling terminal.
40              All log messages go to the console and you  can  use  CTRL-C  to
41              terminate the server.
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43       -p, --passive
44              Disable  automatic connections to other servers. You can use the
45              IRC command CONNECT later on as IRC Operator to link this ngIRCd
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48       -t, --configtest
49              Read, validate and display the configuration; then exit.
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51       -V, --version
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54       -h, --help
55              Display a brief help text and exit.
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FILES

58       /etc/ngircd.conf
59              The system wide default configuration file.
60       /etc/ngircd.motd
61              Default "message of the day" (MOTD).
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HINTS

64       It's  wise  to  use "ngircd --configtest" to validate the configuration
65       file after changing it.
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AUTHOR

68       Alexander Barton, ⟨mailto:alex@barton.de⟩
69       Homepage: ⟨http://ngircd.barton.de/⟩
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