NAME

       ircd - The IRCD-Hybrid Internet Relay Chat server

SYNOPSIS

       ircd   [-configfile filename] [-dlinefile filename] [-klinefile filename] [-xlinefile filename] [-logfile
              filename] [-pidfile filename] [-foreground] [-version]

DESCRIPTION

       ircd is the server (daemon) program for the Internet Relay Chat Program. The ircd is a server in that its
       function  is  to  "serve"  the  client  program  irc(1)  and  other compatible programs with messages and
       commands. All commands and user messages are passed directly to the ircd for processing and  relaying  to
       other IRC servers.

       This is ircd-hybrid, the highly modified (and hopefully improved) variant of the original ircd program by
       Jarkko Oikarinen.

OPTIONS

       -configfile filename
              Specifies  the ircd.conf file to be used for this ircd. The option is used to override the default
              ircd.conf given at compile time. By  default,  this  is  "etc/ircd.conf"  within  the  prefix  you
              installed the ircd in.

       -dlinefile filename

       -klinefile filename

       -xlinefile filename
              Specifies  the  database files to be used for D-lines (host bans), K-lines (hostmask bans), and X-
              lines (gecos bans), which by default are within the var/lib/ directory of your installation prefix
              as dline.db, kline.db, and xline.db.

       -logfile filename
              Specifies an alternative logfile to be used than that specified in defaults.h

       -pidfile filename
              Specifies the file used by the ircd to store its process ID. The option is used  to  override  the
              default ircd.pid given at compile time.

       -foreground
              Makes ircd run in the foreground

       -version
              Makes ircd print its version, and exit.

USAGE

       If you plan to connect your ircd server to an existing IRC network, you will need to alter your local IRC
       configuration file (typically named "ircd.conf") so that it will accept and make connections to other IRC
       servers. This file contains the hostnames, IP addresses, and sometimes passwords for connections to other
       ircds around the world.

       The  example reference.conf in the etc/ directory documents itself. Read it carefully or you may expose a
       risk on your network simply by having your ircd running!

BOOTING THE SERVER

       It is sufficient to type ircd at the command line to start ircd-hybrid into the background. If  you  wish
       to run ircd in the foreground (perhaps for debugging purposes), use the -foreground parameter.

       The  ircd-hybrid  package  in your distribution may ship with an rc-script which handles this for you. In
       Debian, it is /etc/init.d/ircd-hybrid.

EXAMPLE

       # ircd -configfile /usr/share/ircd/ircd.conf -logfile /var/log/ircd.log

       Starts ircd with the config file /usr/share/ircd/ircd.conf and with  a  log  file  /var/log/ircd.log.  It
       implicitly forks back to the console -- to prevent this use -foreground.

       Many  of  the  above  paths  are  hardcoded  at compile time in the include/defaults.h file, so it may be
       convenient to edit these to suit your needs before you compile the ircd.

COPYRIGHT

       (c) 1988,1989 University of Oulu, Computing Center, Finland,

       (c) 1988,1989 Department of Information Processing Science, University of Oulu, Finland

       (c) 1988-1991 Jarkko Oikarinen

       (c) 1997-2016 ircd-hybrid development team

       For full COPYRIGHT see the COPYING file within the IRC source package.

BUGS

       If you find a bug and you have a core file from ircd as a result, use a debugger like gdb(1)  to  process
       the core file and send a backtrace to bugs@ircd-hybrid.org.

AUTHORS

       irc2.8 and earlier: Jarkko Oikarinen, currently jto@tolsun.oulu.fi. See doc/old/Authors for more credits.

       ircd-hybrid-8: the IRCD-Hybrid Project, bugs@ircd-hybrid.org.

       Manual page written by Jeff Trim, jtrim@orion.cair.du.edu, later modified by jto@tolsun.oulu.fi.

       Updated  by  W.  Campbell,  wcampbel@botbay.net,  Edward  Brocklesby, ejb@klamath.uucp.leguin.org.uk, and
       highly revised by Joshua Kwan (joshk@triplehelix.org) for the Debian distribution.

ircd-hybrid-8                                    22 October 2015                                         IRCD(8)