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ngircd(8)                        ngIRCd Manual                       ngircd(8)

NAME
       ngIRCd - the "next generation" IRC daemon

SYNOPSIS
       ngircd [ Options ]

DESCRIPTION
       ngIRCd is a free, portable and lightweight Internet Relay Chat server
       for small or private networks, developed under the GNU General Public
       License (GPL).  It is easy to configure, can cope with dynamic IP
       addresses, and supports IPv6, SSL-protected connections as well as PAM
       for authentication.  It is written from scratch and not based on the
       original IRCd.

       The name ngIRCd means next generation IRC daemon, which is a little bit
       exaggerated: lightweight Internet Relay Chat server most probably would
       have been a better name :-)

       Currently supported platforms include AIX, A/UX, FreeBSD, HP-UX, Hurd,
       IRIX, Linux, Mac OS X, Minix, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, and Windows
       with Cygwin.  As ngIRCd relies on UNIX standards and uses GNU automake
       and GNU autoconf there are good chances that it also supports other
       UNIX-based operating systems as well.

       By default ngIRCd logs diagnostic and informational messages using the
       syslog mechanism, or writes directly to the console when running in the
       foreground (see below).

OPTIONS
       The default behavior of ngircd is to read its standard configuration
       file (see below), to detach from the controlling terminal and to wait
       for clients.

       You can use these options to modify this default:

       -f file, --config file
              Use file as configuration file.

       -n, --nodaemon
              Don't fork a child and don't detach from controlling terminal.
              All log messages go to the console and you can use CTRL-C to
              terminate the server.

       -p, --passive
              Disable automatic connections to other servers. You can use the
              IRC command CONNECT later on as IRC Operator to link this ngIRCd
              to other servers.

       -t, --configtest
              Read, validate and display the configuration; then exit.

       -V, --version
              Output version information and exit.

       -h, --help
              Display a brief help text and exit.

FILES
       /usr/local/etc/ngircd.conf
              The system wide default configuration file.
       /usr/local/etc/ngircd.motd
              Default "message of the day" (MOTD).

SIGNALS
       The daemon understands the following signals:

       TERM   Shut down all connections and terminate the daemon.

       HUP    Shut down all listening sockets, re-read the configuration file
              and re-initialize the daemon.

HINTS
       It's wise to use "ngircd --configtest" to validate the configuration
       file after changing it.

DEBUGGING
       When ngIRCd is compiled with debug code, that is, its source code has
       been ./configure'd with "--enable-debug" and/or "--enable-sniffer"
       (witch enables debug mode automatically as well), you can use two more
       command line options and two more signals to debug problems with the
       daemon itself or IRC clients:

       Options:

       -d, --debug
              Enable debug mode and log extra messages.

       -s, --sniffer
              Enable IRC protocol sniffer, which logs all sent and received
              IRC commands to the console/syslog. This option requires that
              ngIRCd has been ./configure'd with "--enable-sniffer" and
              enables debug mode automatically, too.

       Signals:

       USR1   Toggle debug mode on and off during runtime.

       USR2   Dump internal server state to the console/syslog when debug mode
              is on (use command line option --debug or signal USR1).

AUTHORS
       Alexander Barton, <alex@barton.de>
       Florian Westphal, <fw@strlen.de>

       Homepage: http://ngircd.barton.de/

SEE ALSO
       ngircd.conf(5), ircd(8)

ngIRCd                             Oct 2013                          ngircd(8)