1 #
2 # This is a sample configuration file for the ngIRCd IRC daemon, which must
3 # be customized to the local preferences and needs.
4 #
5 # Comments are started with "#" or ";".
6 #
7 # A lot of configuration options in this file start with a ";". You have
8 # to remove the ";" in front of each variable to actually set a value!
9 # The disabled variables are shown with example values for completeness only
10 # and the daemon is using compiled-in default settings.
11 #
12 # Use "ngircd --configtest" (see manual page ngircd(8)) to validate that the
13 # server interprets the configuration file as expected!
14 #
15 # Please see ngircd.conf(5) for a complete list of configuration options
16 # and their descriptions.
17 #
18
19 [Global]
20 # The [Global] section of this file is used to define the main
21 # configuration of the server, like the server name and the ports
22 # on which the server should be listening.
23 # These settings depend on your personal preferences, so you should
24 # make sure that they correspond to your installation and setup!
25
26 # Server name in the IRC network, must contain at least one dot
27 # (".") and be unique in the IRC network. Required!
28 Name = irc.example.net
29
30 # Information about the server and the administrator, used by the
31 # ADMIN command. Not required by server but by RFC!
32 ;AdminInfo1 = Description
33 ;AdminInfo2 = Location
34 ;AdminEMail = admin@irc.server
35
36 # Text file which contains the ngIRCd help text. This file is required
37 # to display help texts when using the "HELP <cmd>" command.
38 ;HelpFile = /usr/share/doc/ngircd/Commands.txt
39
40 # Info text of the server. This will be shown by WHOIS and
41 # LINKS requests for example.
42 Info = Server Info Text
43
44 # Comma separated list of IP addresses on which the server should
45 # listen. Default values are:
46 # "0.0.0.0" or (if compiled with IPv6 support) "::,0.0.0.0"
47 # so the server listens on all IP addresses of the system by default.
48 ;Listen = 127.0.0.1,192.168.0.1
49
50 # Text file with the "message of the day" (MOTD). This message will
51 # be shown to all users connecting to the server:
52 ;MotdFile = /etc/ngircd.motd
53
54 # A simple Phrase (<127 chars) if you don't want to use a motd file.
55 ;MotdPhrase = "Hello world!"
56
57 # The name of the IRC network to which this server belongs. This name
58 # is optional, should only contain ASCII characters, and can't contain
59 # spaces. It is only used to inform clients. The default is empty,
60 # so no network name is announced to clients.
61 ;Network = aIRCnetwork
62
63 # Global password for all users needed to connect to the server.
64 # (Default: not set)
65 ;Password = abc
66
67 # This tells ngIRCd to write its current process ID to a file.
68 # Note that the pidfile is written AFTER chroot and switching the
69 # user ID, e.g. the directory the pidfile resides in must be
70 # writable by the ngIRCd user and exist in the chroot directory.
71 PidFile = /var/run/ngircd/ngircd.pid
72
73 # Ports on which the server should listen. There may be more than
74 # one port, separated with ",". (Default: 6667)
75 ;Ports = 6667, 6668, 6669
76
77 # Group ID under which the ngIRCd should run; you can use the name
78 # of the group or the numerical ID. ATTENTION: For this to work the
79 # server must have been started with root privileges!
80 ServerGID = ngircd
81
82 # User ID under which the server should run; you can use the name
83 # of the user or the numerical ID. ATTENTION: For this to work the
84 # server must have been started with root privileges! In addition,
85 # the configuration and MOTD files must be readable by this user,
86 # otherwise RESTART and REHASH won't work!
87 ServerUID = ngircd
88
89 [Limits]
90 # Define some limits and timeouts for this ngIRCd instance. Default
91 # values should be safe, but it is wise to double-check :-)
92
93 # The server tries every <ConnectRetry> seconds to establish a link
94 # to not yet (or no longer) connected servers.
95 ;ConnectRetry = 60
96
97 # Number of seconds after which the whole daemon should shutdown when
98 # no connections are left active after handling at least one client
99 # (0: never, which is the default).
100 # This can be useful for testing or when ngIRCd is started using
101 # "socket activation" with systemd(8), for example.
102 ;IdleTimeout = 0
103
104 # Maximum number of simultaneous in- and outbound connections the
105 # server is allowed to accept (0: unlimited):
106 ;MaxConnections = 0
107
108 # Maximum number of simultaneous connections from a single IP address
109 # the server will accept (0: unlimited):
110 ;MaxConnectionsIP = 5
111
112 # Maximum number of channels a user can be member of (0: no limit):
113 ;MaxJoins = 10
114
115 # Maximum length of an user nickname (Default: 9, as in RFC 2812).
116 # Please note that all servers in an IRC network MUST use the same
117 # maximum nickname length!
118 ;MaxNickLength = 9
119
120 # Maximum penalty time increase in seconds, per penalty event. Set to -1
121 # for no limit (the default), 0 to disable penalties altogether. The
122 # daemon doesn't use penalty increases higher than 2 seconds during
123 # normal operation, so values greater than 1 rarely make sense.
124 ;MaxPenaltyTime = -1
125
126 # Maximum number of channels returned in response to a /list
127 # command (0: unlimited):
128 ;MaxListSize = 100
129
130 # After <PingTimeout> seconds of inactivity the server will send a
131 # PING to the peer to test whether it is alive or not.
132 ;PingTimeout = 120
133
134 # If a client fails to answer a PING with a PONG within <PongTimeout>
135 # seconds, it will be disconnected by the server.
136 ;PongTimeout = 20
137
138 [Options]
139 # Optional features and configuration options to further tweak the
140 # behavior of ngIRCd. If you want to get started quickly, you most
141 # probably don't have to make changes here -- they are all optional.
142
143 # List of allowed channel types (channel prefixes) for newly created
144 # channels on the local server. By default, all supported channel
145 # types are allowed. Set this variable to the empty string to disallow
146 # creation of new channels by local clients at all.
147 ;AllowedChannelTypes = #&+
148
149 # Are remote IRC operators allowed to control this server, e.g.
150 # use commands like CONNECT, SQUIT, DIE, ...?
151 ;AllowRemoteOper = no
152
153 # A directory to chroot in when everything is initialized. It
154 # doesn't need to be populated if ngIRCd is compiled as a static
155 # binary. By default ngIRCd won't use the chroot() feature.
156 # ATTENTION: For this to work the server must have been started
157 # with root privileges!
158 ;ChrootDir = /var/empty
159
160 # Set this hostname for every client instead of the real one.
161 # Use %x to add the hashed value of the original hostname.
162 ;CloakHost = cloaked.host
163
164 # Use this hostname for hostname cloaking on clients that have the
165 # user mode "+x" set, instead of the name of the server.
166 # Use %x to add the hashed value of the original hostname.
167 ;CloakHostModeX = cloaked.user
168
169 # The Salt for cloaked hostname hashing. When undefined a random
170 # hash is generated after each server start.
171 ;CloakHostSalt = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
172
173 # Set every clients' user name to their nickname
174 ;CloakUserToNick = yes
175
176 # Try to connect to other IRC servers using IPv4 and IPv6, if possible.
177 ;ConnectIPv6 = yes
178 ;ConnectIPv4 = yes
179
180 # Default user mode(s) to set on new local clients. Please note that
181 # only modes can be set that the client could set using regular MODE
182 # commands, you can't set "a" (away) for example! Default: none.
183 ;DefaultUserModes = i
184
185 # Do DNS lookups when a client connects to the server.
186 ;DNS = yes
187
188 # Do IDENT lookups if ngIRCd has been compiled with support for it.
189 # Users identified using IDENT are registered without the "~" character
190 # prepended to their user name.
191 ;Ident = yes
192
193 # Directory containing configuration snippets (*.conf), that should
194 # be read in after parsing this configuration file.
195 ;IncludeDir = /etc/conf.d
196
197 # Enhance user privacy slightly (useful for IRC server on TOR or I2P)
198 # by censoring some information like idle time, logon time, etc.
199 ;MorePrivacy = no
200
201 # Normally ngIRCd doesn't send any messages to a client until it is
202 # registered. Enable this option to let the daemon send "NOTICE *"
203 # messages to clients while connecting.
204 ;NoticeBeforeRegistration = no
205
206 # Should IRC Operators be allowed to use the MODE command even if
207 # they are not(!) channel-operators?
208 ;OperCanUseMode = no
209
210 # Should IRC Operators get AutoOp (+o) in persistent (+P) channels?
211 ;OperChanPAutoOp = yes
212
213 # Mask IRC Operator mode requests as if they were coming from the
214 # server? (This is a compatibility hack for ircd-irc2 servers)
215 ;OperServerMode = no
216
217 # Use PAM if ngIRCd has been compiled with support for it.
218 # Users identified using PAM are registered without the "~" character
219 # prepended to their user name.
220 ;PAM = yes
221
222 # When PAM is enabled, all clients are required to be authenticated
223 # using PAM; connecting to the server without successful PAM
224 # authentication isn't possible.
225 # If this option is set, clients not sending a password are still
226 # allowed to connect: they won't become "identified" and keep the "~"
227 # character prepended to their supplied user name.
228 # Please note: To make some use of this behavior, it most probably
229 # isn't useful to enable "Ident", "PAM" and "PAMIsOptional" at the
230 # same time, because you wouldn't be able to distinguish between
231 # Ident'ified and PAM-authenticated users: both don't have a "~"
232 # character prepended to their respective user names!
233 ;PAMIsOptional = no
234
235 # When PAM is enabled, this value determines the used PAM
236 # configuration.
237 # This setting allows to run multiple ngIRCd instances with
238 # different PAM configurations on each instance.
239 # If you set it to "ngircd-foo", PAM will use
240 # /etc/pam.d/ngircd-foo instead of the default
241 # /etc/pam.d/ngircd.
242 ;PAMServiceName = ngircd
243
244 # Let ngIRCd send an "authentication PING" when a new client connects,
245 # and register this client only after receiving the corresponding
246 # "PONG" reply.
247 ;RequireAuthPing = no
248
249 # Silently drop all incoming CTCP requests.
250 ;ScrubCTCP = no
251
252 # Syslog "facility" to which ngIRCd should send log messages.
253 # Possible values are system dependent, but most probably auth, daemon,
254 # user and local1 through local7 are possible values; see syslog(3).
255 # Default is "local5" for historical reasons, you probably want to
256 # change this to "daemon", for example.
257 ;SyslogFacility = local1
258
259 # Password required for using the WEBIRC command used by some
260 # Web-to-IRC gateways. If not set/empty, the WEBIRC command can't
261 # be used. (Default: not set)
262 ;WebircPassword = xyz
263
264 ;[SSL]
265 # SSL-related configuration options. Please note that this section
266 # is only available when ngIRCd is compiled with support for SSL!
267 # So don't forget to remove the ";" above if this is the case ...
268
269 # SSL Server Key Certificate
270 ;CertFile = /etc/ssl/server-cert.pem
271
272 # Select cipher suites allowed for SSL/TLS connections. This defaults
273 # to HIGH:!aNULL:@STRENGTH (OpenSSL) or SECURE128 (GnuTLS).
274 # See 'man 1ssl ciphers' (OpenSSL) or 'man 3 gnutls_priority_init'
275 # (GnuTLS) for details.
276 # For OpenSSL:
277 ;CipherList = HIGH:!aNULL:@STRENGTH:!SSLv3
278 # For GnuTLS:
279 ;CipherList = SECURE128:-VERS-SSL3.0
280
281 # Diffie-Hellman parameters
282 ;DHFile = /etc/ssl/dhparams.pem
283
284 # SSL Server Key
285 ;KeyFile = /etc/ssl/server-key.pem
286
287 # password to decrypt SSLKeyFile (OpenSSL only)
288 ;KeyFilePassword = secret
289
290 # Additional Listen Ports that expect SSL/TLS encrypted connections
291 ;Ports = 6697, 9999
292
293 [Operator]
294 # [Operator] sections are used to define IRC Operators. There may be
295 # more than one [Operator] block, one for each local operator.
296
297 # ID of the operator (may be different of the nickname)
298 ;Name = TheOper
299
300 # Password of the IRC operator
301 ;Password = ThePwd
302
303 # Optional Mask from which /OPER will be accepted
304 ;Mask = *!ident@somewhere.example.com
305
306 [Operator]
307 # More [Operator] sections, if you like ...
308
309 [Server]
310 # Other servers are configured in [Server] sections. If you
311 # configure a port for the connection, then this ngircd tries to
312 # connect to to the other server on the given port; if not it waits
313 # for the other server to connect.
314 # There may be more than one server block, one for each server.
315 #
316 # Server Groups:
317 # The ngIRCd allows "server groups": You can assign an "ID" to every
318 # server with which you want this ngIRCd to link. If a server of a
319 # group won't answer, the ngIRCd tries to connect to the next server
320 # in the given group. But the ngircd never tries to connect to two
321 # servers with the same group ID.
322
323 # IRC name of the remote server, must match the "Name" variable in
324 # the [Global] section of the other server (when using ngIRCd).
325 ;Name = irc2.example.net
326
327 # Internet host name or IP address of the peer (only required when
328 # this server should establish the connection).
329 ;Host = connect-to-host.example.net
330
331 # IP address to use as _source_ address for the connection. if
332 # unspecified, ngircd will let the operating system pick an address.
333 ;Bind = 10.0.0.1
334
335 # Port of the server to which the ngIRCd should connect. If you
336 # assign no port the ngIRCd waits for incoming connections.
337 ;Port = 6667
338
339 # Own password for the connection. This password has to be configured
340 # as "PeerPassword" on the other server.
341 ;MyPassword = MySecret
342
343 # Foreign password for this connection. This password has to be
344 # configured as "MyPassword" on the other server.
345 ;PeerPassword = PeerSecret
346
347 # Group of this server (optional)
348 ;Group = 123
349
350 # Set the "Passive" option to "yes" if you don't want this ngIRCd to
351 # connect to the configured peer (same as leaving the "Port" variable
352 # empty). The advantage of this option is that you can actually
353 # configure a port an use the IRC command CONNECT more easily to
354 # manually connect this specific server later.
355 ;Passive = no
356
357 # Connect to the remote server using TLS/SSL (Default: false)
358 ;SSLConnect = yes
359
360 # Define a (case insensitive) list of masks matching nicknames that
361 # should be treated as IRC services when introduced via this remote
362 # server, separated by commas (",").
363 # REGULAR SERVERS DON'T NEED this parameter, so leave it empty
364 # (which is the default).
365 # When you are connecting IRC services which mask as a IRC server
366 # and which use "virtual users" to communicate with, for example
367 # "NickServ" and "ChanServ", you should set this parameter to
368 # something like "*Serv" or "NickServ,ChanServ,XyzServ".
369 ;ServiceMask = *Serv,Global
370
371 [Server]
372 # More [Server] sections, if you like ...
373
374 [Channel]
375 # Pre-defined channels can be configured in [Channel] sections.
376 # Such channels are created by the server when starting up and even
377 # persist when there are no more members left.
378 # Persistent channels are marked with the mode 'P', which can be set
379 # and unset by IRC operators like other modes on the fly.
380 # There may be more than one [Channel] block, one for each channel.
381
382 # Name of the channel
383 ;Name = #TheName
384
385 # Topic for this channel
386 ;Topic = a great topic
387
388 # Initial channel modes
389 ;Modes = tnk
390
391 # initial channel password (mode k)
392 ;Key = Secret
393
394 # Key file, syntax for each line: "<user>:<nick>:<key>".
395 # Default: none.
396 ;KeyFile = /etc/#chan.key
397
398 # maximum users per channel (mode l)
399 ;MaxUsers = 23
400
401 [Channel]
402 # More [Channel] sections, if you like ...
403
404 # -eof-
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