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-.TH ngircd.conf 5 "Oct 2014" ngIRCd "ngIRCd Manual"
+.TH ngircd.conf 5 "Jan 2019" ngIRCd "ngIRCd Manual"
.SH NAME
ngircd.conf \- configuration file of ngIRCd
.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
There can be more than one [Operator], [Server] and [Channel] section per
configuration file, one for each operator, server, and channel. [Global],
-[Limits], [Options], and [SSL] sections can occure multiple times, too, but
+[Limits], [Options], and [SSL] sections can occur multiple times, too, but
each variable overwrites itself, only the last assignment is relevant.
.SH [GLOBAL]
The
configuration file.
.TP
\fBMotdPhrase\fR (string)
-A simple Phrase (<256 chars) if you don't want to use a MOTD file.
+A simple Phrase (<127 chars) if you don't want to use a MOTD file.
.TP
\fBNetwork\fR (string)
The name of the IRC network to which this server belongs. This name is
note that all servers in an IRC network MUST use the same maximum nickname
length!
.TP
+\fBMaxPenaltyTime\fR (number)
+Maximum penalty time increase in seconds, per penalty event. Set to -1 for no
+limit (the default), 0 to disable penalties altogether. ngIRCd doesn't use
+penalty increases higher than 2 seconds during normal operation, so values
+greater than 1 rarely make sense.
+.TP
\fBMaxListSize\fR (number)
Maximum number of channels returned in response to a LIST command. Default: 100.
.TP
too easy to collect statistics on the users.
Default: no.
.TP
-\fBNoticeAuth\fR (boolean)
+\fBNoticeBeforeRegistration\fR (boolean)
Normally ngIRCd doesn't send any messages to a client until it is registered.
-Enable this option to let the daemon send "NOTICE AUTH" messages to clients
+Enable this option to let the daemon send "NOTICE *" messages to clients
while connecting. Default: no.
.TP
\fBOperCanUseMode\fR (boolean)
don't have a "~" character prepended to their respective user names!
Default: no.
.TP
+\fBPAMServiceName\fR (string)
+When PAM is enabled, this value determines the used PAM configuration.
+This setting allows running multiple ngIRCd instances with different
+PAM configurations on each instance. If you set it to "ngircd-foo",
+PAM will use /etc/pam.d/ngircd-foo instead of the default
+/etc/pam.d/ngircd.
+Default: ngircd.
+.TP
\fBRequireAuthPing\fR (boolean)
Let ngIRCd send an "authentication PING" when a new client connects, and
register this client only after receiving the corresponding "PONG" reply.
Other servers are configured in
.I [Server]
sections. If you configure a port for the connection, then this ngIRCd
-tries to connect to to the other server on the given port (active);
+tries to connect to the other server on the given port (active);
if not, it waits for the other server to connect (passive).
.PP
ngIRCd supports "server groups": You can assign an "ID" to every server