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--- man/ngircd.8
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.\"
-.\" $Id: ngircd.8,v 1.9 2004/04/05 10:59:10 alex Exp $
+.\" $Id: ngircd.8,v 1.10 2005/06/04 13:39:20 alex Exp $
.\"
-.TH ngircd 8 "March 2003" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual"
+.TH ngircd 8 "Juni 2005" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual"
.SH NAME
-ngircd \- the next generation IRC daemon
+ngIRCd \- the next generation IRC daemon
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ngircd [
.I Options
.B ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.BR ngircd
+.BR ngIRCd
is a free open source daemon for the Internet Relay Chat (IRC),
developed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
.PP
original ircd's) and runs on hosts with changing IP addresses (such as
dial-in networks).
.PP
-Currently supported platforms (tested versions) are: AIX (3.2.5 with IBM XL
-C Compiler), A/UX (3.x, Apple pre-ANSI C Compiler and GNU C), FreeBSD
-(4.5/i386, GNU C), HP-UX (10.20, GNU C), IRIX (6.5, SGI MIPSpro C 7.30),
-Linux (2.2.x/i386, 2.4.x/i386 and 2.4.x/hppa, GNU C), Mac OS X (10.x, GNU C),
-NetBSD (1.5.2/i386 and 1.5.3/m68k, GNU C), Solaris (2.5.1 and 2.6, GNU C),
-and Windows with Cygwin (GNU C).
+Currently supported platforms include AIX, A/UX, FreeBSD, HP-UX, IRIX,
+Linux, Mac OS X, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, and Windows with Cygwin.
.PP
As ngIRCd relies on UNIX standards and uses GNU automake and GNU autoconf
there are good chances that it also supports other UNIX-based operating
-systems.
+systems as well.
.SH OPTIONS
The default behaviour of
.BR ngircd
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-nodaemon\fR
Don't fork a child and don't detach from controlling terminal.
-All log messages go to the console.
+All log messages go to the console and you can use CTRL-C to
+terminate the server.
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-passive\fR
Disable automatic connections to other servers. You can use the IRC command
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--- man/ngircd.conf.5
+++ man/ngircd.conf.5
.\"
-.\" $Id: ngircd.conf.5,v 1.17 2005/04/13 21:40:50 alex Exp $
+.\" $Id: ngircd.conf.5,v 1.18 2005/06/04 13:39:20 alex Exp $
.\"
-.TH ngircd.conf 5 "February 2005" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual"
+.TH ngircd.conf 5 "Juni 2005" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual"
.SH NAME
ngircd.conf \- configuration file of ngIRCd
.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
Section and parameter names are not case sensitive.
.SH "SECTION OVERVIEW"
-The file is separated in four blocks: [Global], [Operator], [Server],
+The file can contain blocks of four types: [Global], [Operator], [Server],
and [Channel].
.PP
In the
.I [Global]
section, there is the main configuration like the server name and the
-ports, on which the server should be listening. IRC operators of this
+ports on which the server should be listening. IRC operators of this
server are defined in
.I [Operator]
blocks.
is the section where server links are configured. And
.I [Channel]
blocks are used to configure pre-defined ("persistent") IRC channels.
+.PP
+There can be more than one [Operator], [Server] and [Channel] sections
+per configuration file, but only one [Global] section.
.SH [GLOBAL]
The
.I [Global]