-# $Id: sample-ngircd.conf,v 1.39 2006/12/29 14:09:48 fw Exp $
+# $Id: sample-ngircd.conf,v 1.44 2008/01/07 23:02:29 alex Exp $
#
# This is a sample configuration file for the ngIRCd, which must be adepted
#
# 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.
+#
# Use "ngircd --configtest" (see manual page ngircd(8)) to validate that the
# server interprets the configuration file as expected!
#
# one port, separated with ",". (Default: 6667)
;Ports = 6667, 6668, 6669
- # IP address on which the server should listen. (Default: empty,
- # so the server listens on all IP addresses of the system)
- ;Listen = 1.2.3.4
+ # comma seperated 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:
# 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
+
+ # try to connect to other irc servers using ipv4 and ipv6, if possible
+ ;ConnectIPv6 = yes
+ ;ConnectIPv4 = yes
+
# Maximum number of simultaneous connection the server is allowed
- # to accept (<=0: unlimited):
- ;MaxConnections = -1
+ # to accept (0: unlimited):
+ ;MaxConnections = 0
# Maximum number of simultaneous connections from a single IP address
- # the server will accept (<=0: unlimited):
+ # the server will accept (0: unlimited):
;MaxConnectionsIP = 5
- # Maximum number of channels a user can be member of (<=0: no limit):
+ # 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.
# 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
# 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
+
[Server]
# More [Server] sections, if you like ...