New configuration option "IdleTimeout": exit daemon when idle

[ngircd-alex.git] / man / ngircd.conf.5.tmpl

diff --git a/man/ngircd.conf.5.tmpl b/man/ngircd.conf.5.tmpl
index 681e86c700a25afb66ebe1e92074d6a7e650ac6e..e5485dbf10edddc2c7c0532b79902bd696fedbc4 100644 (file)
--- a/man/ngircd.conf.5.tmpl
+++ b/man/ngircd.conf.5.tmpl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" ngircd.conf(5) manual page template
 .\"
-.TH ngircd.conf 5 "Nov 2012" ngIRCd "ngIRCd Manual"
+.TH ngircd.conf 5 "Feb 2013" ngIRCd "ngIRCd Manual"
 .SH NAME
 ngircd.conf \- configuration file of ngIRCd
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ command. This information is not required by the server but by RFC!
 \fBHelpFile\fR (string)
 Text file which contains the ngIRCd help text. This file is required
 to display help texts when using the "HELP <cmd>" command.
+Please note: Changes made to this file take effect when ngircd starts up
+or is instructed to re-read its configuration file.
 .TP
 \fBInfo\fR (string)
 Info text of the server. This will be shown by WHOIS and LINKS requests for
@@ -168,6 +170,12 @@ should be safe, but it is wise to double-check :-)
 The server tries every <ConnectRetry> seconds to establish a link to not yet
 (or no longer) connected servers. Default: 60.
 .TP
+\fBIdleTimeout\fR (number)
+Number of seconds after which the whole daemon should shutdown when no
+connections are left active after handling at least one client (0: never). This
+can be useful for testing or when ngIRCd is started using "socket activation"
+with systemd(8), for example. Default: 0.
+.TP
 \fBMaxConnections\fR (number)
 Maximum number of simultaneous in- and outbound connections the server is
 allowed to accept (0: unlimited). Default: 0.