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.TH ngircd 8 "March 2003" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual"
.SH NAME
ngircd \- the next generation IRC daemon
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ngircd [
.I Options
.B ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR ngircd
is a free open source daemon for the Internet Relay Chat (IRC),
developed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).

It's written from scratch and is not based upon the original IRCd like
many others. It is easy to configure, supports server links (even with
original ircd's) and runs on hosts with changing IP addresses (such as
dial-in networks).

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).

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.

.SH OPTIONS
The default behaviour of
.BR ngircd
is to read its standard configuration file (see below), to detach from the
controlling terminal and to wait for clients.

You can use these options to modify this default:
.IP --configtest
Read, validate and display the configuration; then exit.
.IP "-f file, --config file"
Use
.I file
as configuration file.
.IP "-n, --nodaemon"
Don't fork a child and don't detach from controlling terminal.
All log messages go to the console.
.IP "-p, --passive"
Disable automatic connections to other servers. You can use the IRC command
CONNECT later on as IRC Operator to link this ngIRCd to other servers.
.IP --version
Output version information and exit.
.IP --help
Display a brief help text and exit.
.SH FILES
.I /usr/local/etc/ngircd.conf
.RS
The system wide default configuration file.
.RE
.I /usr/local/etc/ngircd.motd
.RS
Default "message of the day" (MOTD).
.RE
.SH AUTHOR
Alexander Barton,
.UR mailto:alex@barton.de
alex@barton.de
.UE
.br
Homepage:
.UR http://arthur.ath.cx/~alex/ngircd/
http://arthur.ath.cx/~alex/ngircd/
.UE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR ngircd.conf (5),
.BR ircd (8)
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