New "chroot" feature (from Benjamin Pineau), introducing new configuration

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

diff --git a/man/ngircd.conf.5 b/man/ngircd.conf.5
index 56a0e594511a8c5ebb287b175536caa6179c0189..97d77c6d1b35e8142a08bbcfce34d10a291c95ca 100644 (file)
--- a/man/ngircd.conf.5
+++ b/man/ngircd.conf.5
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"
-.\" $Id: ngircd.conf.5,v 1.10 2003/05/02 20:51:42 alex Exp $
+.\" $Id: ngircd.conf.5,v 1.13 2004/05/07 11:19:20 alex Exp $
 .\"
 .TH ngircd.conf 5 "Mai 2003" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual"
 .SH NAME
@@ -67,10 +67,18 @@ command.
 Ports on which the server should listen. There may be more than one port,
 separated with ';'. Default: 6667.
 .TP
+\fBListen\fR
+The ip address on which the server should listen. Default is empty, so
+the server listens on all configured ip addresses and interfaces.
+.TP
 \fBMotdFile\fR
 Text file with the "message of the day" (MOTD). This message will be shown
 to all users connecting to the server.
 .TP
+\fBMotdPhrase\fR
+A simple Phrase (<256 chars) if you don't want to use a motd file.
+If it is set no MotdFile will be read at all.
+.TP
 \fBServerUID\fR
 User ID under which the server should run; you can use the name of the user
 or the numerical ID.
@@ -94,6 +102,18 @@ For this to work the server must have
 been started with root privileges!
 .RE
 .TP
+\fBChrootDir\fR
+A directory to chroot in when everything is initialized. It doesn't need
+to be populated if ngIRCd is compiled as a static binary. By default ngIRCd
+won't use the chroot() feature.
+.PP
+.RS
+.B Attention:
+.br
+For this to work the server must have
+been started with root privileges!
+.RE
+.TP
 \fBPingTimeout\fR
 After <PingTimeout> seconds of inactivity the server will send a PING to
 the peer to test whether it is alive or not. Default: 120.
@@ -114,6 +134,11 @@ not(!) channel-operators? Default: no.
 Maximum number of simultaneous connection the server is allowed to accept
 (<=0: unlimited). Default: -1.
 .TP
+\fBMaxConnectionsIP\fR
+Maximum number of simultaneous connections from a single IP address that
+the server will accept (<=0: unlimited). This configuration options lowers
+the risk of denial of service attacks (DoS). Default: 5.
+.TP
 \fBMaxJoins\fR
 Maximum number of channels a user can be member of (<=0: no limit).
 Default: 10.