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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" ngircd(8) manual page template
 .\"
-.TH ngircd 8 "Dec 2008" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual"
+.TH ngircd 8 "Jul 2011" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual"
 .SH NAME
 ngIRCd \- the next generation IRC daemon
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ there are good chances that it also supports other UNIX-based operating
 systems as well. By default, ngIRCd writes diagnostic and informational messages using
 the syslog mechanism.
 .SH OPTIONS
-The default behaviour of
+The default behavior of
 .BR ngircd
 is to read its standard configuration file (see below), to detach from the
 controlling terminal and to wait for clients.
@@ -64,16 +64,49 @@ The system wide default configuration file.
 .RS
 Default "message of the day" (MOTD).
 .RE
-.SH AUTHOR
-Alexander Barton,
-.UR mailto:alex@barton.de
-alex@barton.de
-.UE
+.SH SIGNALS
+The daemon understands the following signals:
+.TP
+\fBTERM\fR
+Shut down all connections and terminate the daemon.
+.TP
+\fBHUP\fR
+Shut down all listening sockets, re-read the configuration file and
+re-initialize the daemon.
+.SH HINTS
+It's wise to use "ngircd \-\-configtest" to validate the configuration file
+after changing it.
+.SH DEBUGGING
+When ngIRCd is compiled with debug code, that is, its source code has
+been ./configure'd with "--enable-debug" and/or "--enable-sniffer" (witch
+enables debug mode automatically as well), you can use two more command
+line options and two more signals to debug problems with the daemon itself
+or IRC clients:
+.PP
+\fBOptions:\fR
+.TP
+\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-debug\fR
+Enable debug mode and log extra messages.
+.TP
+\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-sniffer\fR
+Enable IRC protocol sniffer, which logs all sent and received IRC commands to
+the console/syslog. This option requires that ngIRCd has been ./configure'd
+with "--enable-sniffer" and enables debug mode automatically, too.
+.PP
+\fBSignals:\fR
+.TP
+\fBUSR1\fR
+Toggle debug mode on and off during runtime.
+.TP
+\fBUSR2\fR
+Dump internal server state to the console/syslog when debug mode is on (use
+command line option \-\-debug or signal USR1).
+.SH AUTHORS
+Alexander Barton, <alex@barton.de>
 .br
-Homepage:
-.UR http://ngircd.barton.de/
-http://ngircd.barton.de/
-.UE
+Florian Westphal, <fw@strlen.de>
+.PP
+Homepage: http://ngircd.barton.de/
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR ngircd.conf (5),
 .BR ircd (8)