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16.Dd $Mdocdate: April 27 2009 $
17.Dt ICBD 8
18.Os
19.Sh NAME
20.Nm icbd
21.Nd "Internet Citizen's Band protocol daemon"
22.Sh SYNOPSIS
23.Nm icbd
24.Bk -words
25.Op Fl 46Cdnv
26.Oo
27.Fl G Ar group1 Ns Op , Ns Ar ...
28.Oc
29.Op Fl L Ar prefix
30.Op Fl M Ar modtab
31.Op Fl S Ar name
32.Sm off
33.Oo
34.Ar addr Op : Ns Ar port
35.Ar \ ...
36.Oc
37.Sm on
38.Ek
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40.Nm
41is an Internet Citizen's Band
42.Pq ICB
43protocol daemon which allows peoples to chat online.
44.Pp
45Please refer to the document specified in the
46.Sx SEE ALSO
47section for more information about the ICB protocol.
48.Pp
49The options are as follows:
50.Bl -tag -width "-G group"
51.It Fl 4
52Bind to IPv4 addresses only.
53.It Fl 6
54Bind to IPv6 addresses only.
55.It Fl C
56Allow users to create groups.
57Please note, that everyone creating a new group becomes its moderator.
58.It Fl d
59Do not daemonize.
60If this option is specified,
61.Nm
62will run in the foreground and log to
63.Dv stderr .
64.It Fl G Xo
65.Ar group1 Ns Op , Ns Ar ...
66.Xc
67Instruct
68.Nm
69to create specified groups on startup.
70.It Fl L Ar prefix
71Enables logging of all public messages in all groups and specifies a
72directory inside the chroot that is owned and is writable by the
73.Nm
74user.
75The server will create subdirectories matching those of the group names
76and place log files inside one file per month.
77.It Fl M Ar modtab
78Specifies a moderator table that can be used to restrict users who
79can be granted with moderation of any group.
80The
81.Ar modtab
82file contains one nick per line; empty lines and lines starting with
83a hash symbol are ignored.
84It's located inside the chroot and read on startup and whenever a
85hangup signal is received.
86Every time a moderator check is performed,
87.Nm
88checks the modification time of the file and reloads the table if
89any changes have taken place since the last call.
90.It Fl n
91Disable DNS resolver.
92.It Fl S Ar name
93Set the server's name to
94.Ar name .
95.It Fl v
96Produce more verbose output.
97.El
98.Pp
99A list of addresses and/or ports to bind to is specified after all arguments.
100By default,
101.Nm
102will try to listen on all interfaces using
103.Em icb
104protocol port number specified in
105.Pa /etc/services .
106.Sh SEE ALSO
107.Rs
108.%T ICB Protocol
109.%U ftp://ftp.icb.net/pub/icb/src/icbd/Protocol.html
110.Re
111.Sh AUTHORS
112The
113.Nm
114program was written by Mike Belopuhov.
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