NAME

       quasselcore — the daemon process for the Quassel IRC client

SYNPOSIS

       quasselcore [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION

       Quassel  IRC  is  a  modern,  cross-platform, distributed IRC client, meaning that one (or
       multiple) client(s) can attach to and detach from a central core -- much like the  popular
       combination of screen and a text-based IRC client such as WeeChat, but graphical.

       quasselcore  provides  the  daemon  which connects to IRC networks, allowing any number of
       Quassel clients to connect, including  the  official  desktop  client,  the  quasselclient
       program.

OPTIONS

       --add-user
              Starts an interactive session to add a new core user

       --change-userpass=USERNAME
              Starts  an  interactive  session  to  change the password of the user identified by
              USERNAME.

       -c, --configdir=CONFIGDIR
              Specify the directory holding the configuration files,  the  SQLite  database  with
              chat   logs  (unless  another  database  backend  is  selected),  and  the  SSL/TLS
              certificate.

       --config-from-environment
              Load configuration from environment variables,  ignoring  the  configuration  file.
              See the section on ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES.

       -d, --debug
              Enable extra debugging output. Requires setting --loglevel=Debug.

       --debug-irc
              Enable  logging of all raw IRC messages to debug log, including passwords!  In most
              cases you should also set --loglevel Debug.

       --debug-irc-id=DATABASENETWORKID
              Limit raw IRC logging to this network ID. Implies --debug-irc.

       -h, --help
              Show help message.

       --ident-daemon
              Enable internal ident daemon.

       --ident-listen=IDENTLISTEN
              The address(es) quasselcore will listen on  for  ident  requests.  Same  format  as
              --listen.  Only  meaningful  with  --ident-daemon.  Default is: ::1,127.0.0.1 (only
              localhost)

       --ident-port=IDENTPORT
              The port the quasselcore will listen at for ident requests.  Only  meaningful  with
              --ident-daemon. Default is: 10113

       --listen=LISTEN
              The address(es) quasselcore will listen on. Default is: ::,0.0.0.0 (all addresses)

       -L, --loglevel=LOGLEVEL
              Set the logging level to LOGLEVEL: Debug, Info, Warning, Error. Default is: Info

       -l, --logfile=LOGFILE
              Log to a file.

       -n, --norestore
              Don't restore last core's state, such as previously connected networks.

       --oidentd
              Enable oidentd integration. In most cases you should also enable --strict-ident.

       --oidentd-conffile=OIDENTCONF
              Set path to oidentd configuration file.

       -p, --port=PORT
              The port quasselcore will listen at. Default is: 4242

       --require-ssl
              Require SSL for remote (non-loopback) client connections.

       --select-authenticator=AUTHENTICATOR
              Starts an interactive session to switch your current user authentication backend to
              the new one.

       --select-backend=BACKEND
              Starts an interactive session to switch your current storage  backend  to  the  new
              one.  Attempts  a  merge  if  the  new backend is uninitialized and the old backend
              supports migration, otherwise prompts for new user credentials.

       --ssl-cert=SSLCERTFILE
              Specify the path to the SSL  certificate.  Reloaded  when  quasselcore  is  sent  a
              SIGHUP. Default is: CONFIGDIR/quasselCert.pem

       --ssl-key=SSLKEYFILE
              Specify  the path to the SSL key. Reloaded when quasselcore is sent a SIGHUP.  Only
              needed if not combined with the SSL certificate.

       --strict-ident
              Use users' quasselcore username as ident  reply.  Ignores  each  user's  configured
              ident  setting.  Useful for multi-user quasselcores connecting to IRC networks that
              require a fixed identifier for each user.

       --syslog
              Log to syslog.

       -v, --version
              Display version information.

ENVIRONMENT

       When --config-from-environment is  specified,  the  quasselcore  will  use  the  following
       environment  variables instead of the configuration file. This may be useful for container
       setups or automated deployment.

       AUTH_AUTHENTICATOR
              Specifies the selected user authentication backend. See --select-authenticator.

       AUTH_LDAP_BASE_DN
              Specifies the LDAP authenticator base DN.

       AUTH_LDAP_BIND_DN
              Specifies the LDAP authenticator bind DN.

       AUTH_LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD
              Specifies the LDAP authenticator bind password.

       AUTH_LDAP_FILTER
              Specifies the LDAP authenticator filter.

       AUTH_LDAP_HOSTNAME
              Specifies the LDAP authenticator connection hostname.

       AUTH_LDAP_PORT
              Specifies the LDAP authenticator connection port.

       AUTH_LDAP_UID_ATTRIBUTE
              Specifies the LDAP authenticator UID attribute.

       DB_BACKEND
              Specifies the selected database backend. See --select-backend.

       DB_PGSQL_DATABASE
              Specifies the Postgres connection database name.

       DB_PGSQL_HOSTNAME
              Specifies the Postgres connection hostname.

       DB_PGSQL_USERNAME
              Specifies the Postgres connection username.

       DB_PGSQL_PASSWORD
              Specifies the Postgres connection user password.

       DB_PGSQL_PORT
              Specifies the Postgres connection port.

FILES

       /var/lib/quassel
              Configuration files, the SQLite database with chat logs  (unless  another  database
              backend is selected), and the SSL/TLS certificate. To override, see --configdir.

       /etc/default/quasselcore
              Additional configuration parameters, including default port and logging level.

NOTES

       In  a  typical  installation, quasselcore runs as the quasselcore user, with configuration
       data stored in /var/lib/quassel.  When manually running quasselcore,  you  should  specify
       the proper user and --configdir as follows.

           $ sudo --user=quasselcore \
           quasselcore --configdir=/var/lib/quassel [OPTIONS]

AUTHORS

       The full list of Quassel IRC authors and contributors may be seen in quasselclient's About
       window.

       This manual page was written by Thomas Mueller  <thomas.mueller@tmit.eu>  and  updated  by
       Shane  Synan <digitalcircuit36939+deb@gmail.com>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may
       be used by others).  Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
       under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version published
       by the Free Software Foundation.