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 773287a7ee09fb43c0e995a1dfab77f38b448389..97d77c6d1b35e8142a08bbcfce34d10a291c95ca 100644 (file)
--- a/man/ngircd.conf.5
+++ b/man/ngircd.conf.5
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"
-.\" $Id: ngircd.conf.5,v 1.11 2003/09/11 12:05:28 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
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ the server listens on all configured ip addresses and interfaces.
 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.
@@ -98,6 +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.
@@ -118,6 +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.