New doc/HowToRelease.txt file describing the release process

[ngircd-alex.git] / man / ngircd.conf.5.tmpl

diff --git a/man/ngircd.conf.5.tmpl b/man/ngircd.conf.5.tmpl
index 4d55592d148f9f34294a251bc3d43d78c1ae6cc5..26457291ef124843b567c5dbc29da06f11a85398 100644 (file)
--- a/man/ngircd.conf.5.tmpl
+++ b/man/ngircd.conf.5.tmpl
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ example.
 Global password for all users needed to connect to the server. The default
 is empty, so no password is required.
 .TP
 Global password for all users needed to connect to the server. The default
 is empty, so no password is required.
 .TP

+\fBWebircPassword\fR
+Password required for using the WEBIRC command used by some Web-to-IRC
+gateways. If not set or empty, the WEBIRC command can't be used.
+Default: not set.
+.TP

 \fBAdminInfo1\fR, \fBAdminInfo2\fR, \fBAdminEMail\fR
 Information about the server and the administrator, used by the ADMIN
 command.
 \fBAdminInfo1\fR, \fBAdminInfo2\fR, \fBAdminEMail\fR
 Information about the server and the administrator, used by the ADMIN
 command.


@@ -111,14 +116,20 @@ If unset, the defaults value is "0.0.0.0" or, if ngIRCd was compiled
 with IPv6 support, "::,0.0.0.0". So the server listens on all configured
 IP addresses and interfaces by default.
 .TP
 with IPv6 support, "::,0.0.0.0". So the server listens on all configured
 IP addresses and interfaces by default.
 .TP

+\fBSyslogFacility\fR
+Syslog "facility" to which ngIRCd should send log messages. Possible
+values are system dependant, but most probably "auth", "daemon", "user"
+and "local1" through "local7" are possible values; see syslog(3).
+Default is "local5" for historical reasons, you probably want to
+change this to "daemon", for example.
+.TP

 \fBMotdFile\fR
 Text file with the "message of the day" (MOTD). This message will be shown
 \fBMotdFile\fR
 Text file with the "message of the day" (MOTD). This message will be shown

-to all users connecting to the server.
+to all users connecting to the server. Changes made to this file
+take effect when ngircd is instructed to re-read its configuration file.

 .TP
 \fBMotdPhrase\fR
 A simple Phrase (<256 chars) if you don't want to use a MOTD file.
 .TP
 \fBMotdPhrase\fR
 A simple Phrase (<256 chars) if you don't want to use a MOTD file.

-If this variable is set, no \fBMotdFile\fR will be read at all which can be
-handy if the daemon should run inside a chroot directory.

 .TP
 \fBServerUID\fR
 User ID under which the server should run; you can use the name of the user
 .TP
 \fBServerUID\fR
 User ID under which the server should run; you can use the name of the user


@@ -205,6 +216,18 @@ If ngIRCd is compiled with IDENT support this can be used to disable IDENT
 lookups at run time.
 Default: no.
 .TP
 lookups at run time.
 Default: no.
 .TP

+\fBNoPAM\fR
+If ngIRCd is compiled with PAM support this can be used to disable all calls
+to the PAM library at runtime; all users connecting without password are
+allowed to connect, all passwords given will fail.
+Default: no.
+.TP
+\fBNoZeroConf\fR
+If ngIRCd is compiled to register its services using ZeroConf (e.g. using
+Howl, Avahi or on Mac OS X) this parameter can be used to disable service
+registration at runtime.
+Default: no.
+.TP

 \fBConnectIPv4\fR
 Set this to no if you do not want ngIRCd to connect to other IRC servers using
 IPv4. This allows usage of ngIRCd in IPv6-only setups.
 \fBConnectIPv4\fR
 Set this to no if you do not want ngIRCd to connect to other IRC servers using
 IPv4. This allows usage of ngIRCd in IPv6-only setups.