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.
.RS
Default "message of the day" (MOTD).
.RE
+.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.