ALIGN_XXX( v ) macros now leave v alone if it was already aligned.

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

diff --git a/man/ngircd.conf.5 b/man/ngircd.conf.5
index c541bcd3e3f5adee6c1471f4fa9c93b37e803b2d..3cb512d5e897d6f9d115cbea9fce33bc3a4d80bf 100644 (file)
--- a/man/ngircd.conf.5
+++ b/man/ngircd.conf.5
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 .\"
-.\" $Id: ngircd.conf.5,v 1.17 2005/04/13 21:40:50 alex Exp $
+.\" $Id: ngircd.conf.5,v 1.20 2005/09/02 14:39:00 fw Exp $
 .\"
-.TH ngircd.conf 5 "February 2005" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual"
+.TH ngircd.conf 5 "August 2005" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual"
 .SH NAME
 ngircd.conf \- configuration file of ngIRCd
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B /usr/local/etc/ngircd.conf
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .BR ngircd.conf
-is the configuration file for
+is the configuration file of the
 .BR ngircd (8)
-which you should adept to your local preferences and needs.
+Internet Relay Chat (IRC) daemon which you should adept to your local
+preferences and needs.
 .SH "FILE FORMAT"
 The file consists of sections and parameters. A section begins with the name
 of the section in square brackets and continues until the next section
@@ -24,21 +25,21 @@ Sections contain parameters of the form
 .I value
 .RE
 .PP
-Any line beginning with a semicolon (';') or a hash ('#') character is
-treated as a comment and ignored.
+Empty lines and any line beginning with a semicolon (';') or a hash ('#')
+character is treated as a comment and will be ignored.
 .PP
 The file format is line-based - that means, each newline-terminated line
 represents either a comment, a section name or a parameter.
 .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.
@@ -46,6 +47,9 @@ 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]
@@ -197,7 +201,7 @@ the ngIRCd waits for incoming connections.
 .TP
 \fBMyPassword\fR
 Own password for this connection. This password has to be configured as
-"PeerPassword" on the other server.
+"PeerPassword" on the other server. Must not have ':' as first character.
 .TP
 \fBPeerPassword\fR
 Foreign password for this connection. This password has to be configured as
@@ -238,8 +242,8 @@ alex@barton.de
 .UE
 .br
 Homepage:
-.UR http://arthur.ath.cx/~alex/ngircd/
-http://arthur.ath.cx/~alex/ngircd/
+.UR http://ngircd.barton.de/
+http://ngircd.barton.de/
 .UE
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR ngircd (8)