From c8798fcec04f110fb050cc3948d11051917e3696 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexander Barton Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2024 19:58:23 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Bring manual page more in line with README.md and homepage --- man/ngircd.8.tmpl | 21 ++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/ngircd.8.tmpl b/man/ngircd.8.tmpl index e71d2cef..4979af4e 100644 --- a/man/ngircd.8.tmpl +++ b/man/ngircd.8.tmpl @@ -11,27 +11,22 @@ ngIRCd \- the "next generation" IRC daemon ] .SH DESCRIPTION .BR ngIRCd -is a free, portable and lightweight Internet Relay Chat server for small +is a free, portable and lightweight Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server for small or private networks, developed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). .PP -The server is quite easy to configure, can handle dynamic IP addresses, and -optionally supports IDENT, IPv6 connections, SSL-protected links, and PAM for -user authentication as well as character set conversion for legacy clients. The -server has been written from scratch and is not based on the "forefather", the -daemon of the IRCNet. +The server is quite easy to configure and runs as a single-node server or can +be part of a network of ngIRCd servers in a LAN or across the internet. It +optionally supports the IPv6 protocol, SSL/TLS-protected client-server and +server-server links, the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) system for user +authentication, IDENT requests, and character set conversion for legacy +clients. .PP -The name ngIRCd means +The name ngIRCd stands for .IR "next-generation IRC daemon", which is a little bit exaggerated: .IR "lightweight Internet Relay Chat server" most probably would have been a better name :-) .PP -Currently supported platforms include AIX, A/UX, FreeBSD, HP-UX, Hurd, IRIX, -Linux, macOS, Minix, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, and Windows with Cygwin. -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 as well. -.PP By default ngIRCd logs diagnostic and informational messages using the syslog mechanism, or writes directly to the console when running in the foreground (see below). -- 2.39.2