# # This is a sample configuration file for the ngIRCd IRC daemon, which must # be customized to the local preferences and needs. # # Comments are started with "#" or ";". # # A lot of configuration options in this file start with a ";". You have # to remove the ";" in front of each variable to actually set a value! # The disabled variables are shown with example values for completeness only # and the daemon is using compiled-in default settings. # # Use "ngircd --configtest" (see manual page ngircd(8)) to validate that the # server interprets the configuration file as expected! # # Please see ngircd.conf(5) for a complete list of configuration options. # [Global] # The [Global] section of this file is used to define the main # configuration of the server, like the server name and the ports # on which the server should be listening. # Server name in the IRC network, must contain at least one dot # (".") and be unique in the IRC network. Required! Name = irc.the.net # Info text of the server. This will be shown by WHOIS and # LINKS requests for example. Info = Server Info Text # Global password for all users needed to connect to the server. # (Default: not set) ;Password = abc # Password required for using the WEBIRC command used by some # Web-to-IRC gateways. If not set/empty, the WEBIRC command can't # be used. (Default: not set) ;WebircPassword = xyz # Information about the server and the administrator, used by the # ADMIN command. Not required by server but by RFC! ;AdminInfo1 = Description ;AdminInfo2 = Location ;AdminEMail = admin@irc.server # Ports on which the server should listen. There may be more than # one port, separated with ",". (Default: 6667) ;Ports = 6667, 6668, 6669 # Additional Listen Ports that expect SSL/TLS encrypted connections ;SSLPorts = 6697, 9999 # SSL Server Key ;SSLKeyFile = /usr/local/etc/ngircd/ssl/server-key.pem # password to decrypt SSLKeyFile (OpenSSL only) ;SSLKeyFilePassword = secret # SSL Server Key Certificate ;SSLCertFile = /usr/local/etc/ngircd/ssl/server-cert.pem # Diffie-Hellman parameters ;SSLDHFile = /usr/local/etc/ngircd/ssl/dhparams.pem # comma separated list of IP addresses on which the server should # listen. Default values are: # "0.0.0.0" or (if compiled with IPv6 support) "::,0.0.0.0" # so the server listens on all IP addresses of the system by default. ;Listen = 127.0.0.1,192.168.0.1 # Text file with the "message of the day" (MOTD). This message will # be shown to all users connecting to the server: ;MotdFile = /usr/local/etc/ngircd.motd # A simple Phrase (<256 chars) if you don't want to use a motd file. # If it is set no MotdFile will be read at all. ;MotdPhrase = "Hello world!" # User ID under which the server should run; you can use the name # of the user or the numerical ID. ATTENTION: For this to work the # server must have been started with root privileges! In addition, # the configuration and MOTD files must be readable by this user, # otherwise RESTART and REHASH won't work! ;ServerUID = 65534 # Group ID under which the ngircd should run; you can use the name # of the group or the numerical ID. ATTENTION: For this to work the # server must have been started with root privileges! ;ServerGID = 65534 # A directory to chroot in when everything is initialized. It # doesn't need to be populated if ngIRCd is compiled as a static # binary. By default ngIRCd won't use the chroot() feature. # ATTENTION: For this to work the server must have been started # with root privileges! ;ChrootDir = /var/empty # This tells ngircd to write its current process id to a file. # Note that the pidfile is written AFTER chroot and switching uid, # i. e. the Directory the pidfile resides in must be writeable by # the ngircd user and exist in the chroot directory. ;PidFile = /var/run/ngircd/ngircd.pid # After seconds of inactivity the server will send a # PING to the peer to test whether it is alive or not. ;PingTimeout = 120 # If a client fails to answer a PING with a PONG within # seconds, it will be disconnected by the server. ;PongTimeout = 20 # The server tries every seconds to establish a link # to not yet (or no longer) connected servers. ;ConnectRetry = 60 # Should IRC Operators be allowed to use the MODE command even if # they are not(!) channel-operators? ;OperCanUseMode = no # Mask IRC Operator mode requests as if they were coming from the # server? (This is a compatibility hack for ircd-irc2 servers) ;OperServerMode = no # Are remote IRC operators allowed to control this server, e. g. # use commands like CONNECT, SQUIT, DIE, ...? ;AllowRemoteOper = no # Allow Pre-Defined Channels only (see Section [Channels]) ;PredefChannelsOnly = no # Don't do any DNS lookups when a client connects to the server. ;NoDNS = no # Don't do any IDENT lookups, even if ngIRCd has been compiled # with support for it. ;NoIdent = no # try to connect to other irc servers using ipv4 and ipv6, if possible ;ConnectIPv6 = yes ;ConnectIPv4 = yes # Maximum number of simultaneous in- and outbound connections the # server is allowed to accept (0: unlimited): ;MaxConnections = 0 # Maximum number of simultaneous connections from a single IP address # the server will accept (0: unlimited): ;MaxConnectionsIP = 5 # Maximum number of channels a user can be member of (0: no limit): ;MaxJoins = 10 # Maximum length of an user nick name (Default: 9, as in RFC 2812). # Please note that all servers in an IRC network MUST use the same # maximum nick name length! ;MaxNickLength = 9 [Operator] # [Operator] sections are used to define IRC Operators. There may be # more than one [Operator] block, one for each local operator. # ID of the operator (may be different of the nick name) ;Name = TheOper # Password of the IRC operator ;Password = ThePwd # Optional Mask from which /OPER will be accepted ;Mask = *!ident@somewhere.example.com [Operator] # More [Operator] sections, if you like ... [Server] # Other servers are configured in [Server] sections. If you # configure a port for the connection, then this ngircd tries to # connect to to the other server on the given port; if not it waits # for the other server to connect. # There may be more than one server block, one for each server. # # Server Groups: # The ngIRCd allows "server groups": You can assign an "ID" to every # server with which you want this ngIRCd to link. If a server of a # group won't answer, the ngIRCd tries to connect to the next server # in the given group. But the ngircd never tries to connect to two # servers with the same group ID. # IRC name of the remote server, must match the "Name" variable in # the [Global] section of the other server (when using ngIRCd). ;Name = irc2.the.net # Internet host name or IP address of the peer (only required when # this server should establish the connection). ;Host = connect-to-host.the.net # IP address to use as _source_ address for the connection. if # unspecified, ngircd will let the operating system pick an address. ;Bind = 10.0.0.1 # Port of the server to which the ngIRCd should connect. If you # assign no port the ngIRCd waits for incoming connections. ;Port = 6667 # Own password for the connection. This password has to be configured # as "PeerPassword" on the other server. ;MyPassword = MySecret # Foreign password for this connection. This password has to be # configured as "MyPassword" on the other server. ;PeerPassword = PeerSecret # Group of this server (optional) ;Group = 123 # Set the "Passive" option to "yes" if you don't want this ngIRCd to # connect to the configured peer (same as leaving the "Port" variable # empty). The advantage of this option is that you can actually # configure a port an use the IRC command CONNECT more easily to # manually connect this specific server later. ;Passive = no # Connect to the remote server using TLS/SSL (Default: false) ;SSLConnect = yes # Define a (case insensitive) mask matching nick names that should be # treated as IRC services when introduced via this remote server. # REGULAR SERVERS DON'T NEED this parameter, so leave it empty # (which is the default). # When you are connecting IRC services which mask as a IRC server # and which use "virtual users" to communicate with, for example # "NickServ" and "ChanServ", you should set this parameter to # something like "*Serv". ;ServiceMask = *Serv [Server] # More [Server] sections, if you like ... [Channel] # Pre-defined channels can be configured in [Channel] sections. # Such channels are created by the server when starting up and even # persist when there are no more members left. # Persistent channels are marked with the mode 'P', which can be set # and unset by IRC operators like other modes on the fly. # There may be more than one [Channel] block, one for each channel. # Name of the channel ;Name = #TheName # Topic for this channel ;Topic = a great topic # Initial channel modes ;Modes = tnk # initial channel password (mode k) ;Key = Secret # Key file, syntax for each line: "::". # Default: none. ;KeyFile = /etc/ngircd/#chan.key # maximum users per channel (mode l) ;MaxUsers = 23 [Channel] # More [Channel] sections, if you like ... # -eof-