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NAME

       hybserv - daemon which provides Hybrid-compatible IRC services

SYNOPSIS

       hybserv

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the hybserv command.

       hybserv  is  an  IRC  Services  server, a daemon which connects to a Hybrid-compatible IRC
       server and provides range of specialized services. Usually  those  are  IRC  nickname  and
       channel  registration  services,  providing  users  the means to officially register their
       nicknames and channels and regain control of  them  whenever  needed.  The  latter  to  is
       supposed  to  prevent  the  takeovers  and  notorious IRC wars, especially on a larger IRC
       network.

       Hybserv2 is a new and improved version  of  the  now  unsupported  Hybserv,  sporting  new
       features,  bugfixes,  and  more.  Hybserv  was specifically designed to run with Hybrid6/7
       IRCd, although it should work with Ratbox IRCd and  any  other  Hybrid-based  IRCd.  These
       services  (more  or  less  same code) are currently used by several other networks such as
       idolNET, BalcanNET, BGNet,  BGFree,  UniBG,  BCNet,  GunNet,  ShakeIT,  FreeWorld,  IRCBG,
       FreeNode/OPN.

       When  successfully  configured  and  connected, hybserv appears like any other IRC server.
       Technically it is a virtual server providing  one  or  several  sub-services  acting  like
       virtual  nicknames  with  administrator  or  opererator  flags.   Those are typically +oi,
       although services should not need any special flags to function correctly.

       In its default  configuration  (i.e.  with  all  sub-services  enabled)  hybserv  provides
       NickServ,  ChanServ,  MemoServ,  OperServ,  StatServ,  and  Global,  which  are  described
       individually below.

       NickServ
              NickServ allows users to register their nicknames. Every client can become an owner
              for a nickname by simply defining his own password and identifying each time on IRC
              network login. NickServ can enforce this registration as mandatory, and it can kill
              or rename users which do not successfully complete the process of identification in
              a given period of time. The righteous  owners  of  nicks  can  also  reclaim  their
              nicknames  with  their  registration  password,  in  case  of  necessity.  Nickname
              registration allows usage of  many  other  services  which  are  described  in  the
              following paragraphs.

       ChanServ
              ChanServ  allows  users  with  registered nicknames to register their own channels.
              This registration is enforced with a simple access list which defines the access of
              channel members. The owner (founder of a channel) and his successor can specify for
              each user (or nickname mask) what is his status in channel: for  instance  does  an
              op,  voice,  halfop  flags.  Those  flags  can  be auto- type (nickname gets a flag
              automatically when joining the  channel)  or  cmd-  type  (with  a  proper  access,
              nickname  has to manually enter a command to get an action done). ChanServ can also
              maintain a blacklist of  users  with  either  nicknames  or  masks  which  will  be
              automatically kicked and banned from the channel.

       MemoServ
              MemoServ  is  a message service for registered nicknames. As opposed to typical IRC
              which is a real-time service, it has got off-line capabilities.  This  means  users
              are able to send messages to each other for later reading, typically on login to an
              IRC network.

       StatServ
              StatServ is a statistical service mainly to be used by admins, but it has got  some
              possibly  useful  information  for  users too.  It shows active services' admins as
              well as all active  IRC  operators  (globals  and  locals),  number  of  registered
              nicknames and channels and miscellaneous other statistics.

       Global Global  usually  messages  every  user  on  connect with contents of logon.news and
              allows operators to easily send global messages and notifications to all users.

OPTIONS

       hybserv does not take any arguments unless invoked as showchans(8) or shownicks(8).

SEE ALSO

       showchans(8), shownicks(8), ircd-hybrid(8)

       http://www.github.com/dkorunic/hybserv2 <URL:http://www.github.com/dkorunic/hybserv2>

       http://www.ircd-hybrid.net <URL:http://www.ircd-hybrid.net>

CAVEATS

       Do not use if you do not have permission from your IRC administrator or  if  you  are  not
       administrator yourself. Caution, may explode in fire!

BUGS

       A dozen. Lots of. Numerous. Many. Swarms.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2006  Dinko Korunic and Hybserv coding team

       Hybserv2  is  part of the GNU project and is free software. You can redistribute it and/or
       modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public  License  as  published  by  the  Free
       Software  Foundation.  See  the  file README in the Hybserv2 distribution for more details
       regarding redistribution. You should have received  a  copy  of  the  GNU  General  Public
       License  along  with  the  source for Hybserv2; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
       Free Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

       Hybserv2 is distributed in the hope that it will be  useful,  but  WITHOUT  ANY  WARRANTY;
       without  even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
       See the GNU General Public License for more details.

AUTHORS

       This manpage is was originally written by Joshua Kwan <joshk@triplehelix.org>  for  Debian
       GNU  Linux  distribution.  It  has  been  rewritten and is now maintained by Dinko Korunic
       <dinko.korunic@gmail.com>.

       Send  bug  reports  or  comments  to  the  above  address  or  leave  a  bug   ticket   at
       http://www.github.com/dkorunic/hybserv2 <URL:http://www.github.com/dkorunic/hybserv2>.

       Per  Sidewnder's  (Cosine's)  request, original Hybserv will no longer be supported. So if
       you have questions or some problems, please upgrade first to a recent stable or even to  a
       development  version.   The  former  Hybserv  development team has decided to spin off and
       focus its energy towards the Hybserv2 project. Like the name implies, this new version  is
       even  better. If there is something you would like to see added to Hybserv2, please let us
       know as we are always looking for fresh ideas.

       Hybserv was first coded by Patrick Alken <wnder@underworld.net> and is now  maintained  by
       the Hybserv2 coding team, unless otherwise mentioned in the code. For more information see
       the README file in Hybserv2 distribution.

                                         09 January 2013                               HYBSERV(8)