<cmdsynopsis>
<command>SET</command>
<group>
- <arg>LOG</arg>
+ <arg>ADMINSTRING</arg>
+ <arg>AUTOCONN</arg>
+ <arg>AUTOCONNALL</arg>
+ <arg>FLOODCOUNT</arg>
+ <arg>IDENTTIMEOUT</arg>
<arg>MAX</arg>
- <arg>SPLITDELAY</arg>
- <arg>SMALLNET</arg>
+ <arg>OPERSTRING</arg>
<arg>SPAMNUM</arg>
<arg>SPAMTIME</arg>
+ <arg>SPLITMODE</arg>
+ <arg>SPLITNUM</arg>
+ <arg>SPLITUSERS</arg>
</group>
<arg choice=plain><replaceable>value</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
- <para>The SET command sets a runtime-configurable value</para>
+ <para>The SET command sets a runtime-configurable value.</para>
+ <para>
+ Most of the <filename>ircd.conf</filename> equivalents have
+ a default_ prefix and are only read on startup. SET is the only
+ way to change these at run time.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Most of the values can be queried by omitting
+ <replaceable>value</replaceable>.
+ </para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term>LOG</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Logging level for ircd.log and syslog</para>
- </listitem>
+ <term>ADMINSTRING</term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Sets string shown in WHOIS for admins.
+ (umodes +o and +a set, umode +S not set).
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- <variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term>MAX</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Set the maximum connections allowed (may not exceed the compiled-in value HARD_FDLIMIT)</para>
- </listitem>
+ <term>AUTOCONN</term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Sets auto-connect on or off for a particular server.
+ Takes two parameters, server name and new state.
+ </para><para>
+ To see these values, use /stats c.
+ Changes to this are lost on a rehash.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>DRONETIME</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Number of seconds in which DRONECOUNT messages must occur to trip the drone alarm</para>
- </listitem>
+ <term>AUTOCONNALL</term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Globally sets auto-connect on or off. If disabled, no automatic
+ connections are done; if enabled, automatic connections are done
+ following the rules for them.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>DRONECOUNT</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Number of messages which constitutes a drone flood. 0 disables drone flood checking.</para>
- </listitem>
+ <term>FLOODCOUNT</term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ The number of lines allowed to be sent to a connection before
+ throttling it due to flooding.
+ Note that this variable is used for both
+ channels and clients.
+ </para><para>
+ For channels, op or voice overrides this; for users, IRC
+ operator status or op or voice on a common channel overrides
+ this.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>SPLITDELAY</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Number of minutes after a connect burst begins until joining an empty channel will give you ops</para>
- </listitem>
+ <term>IDENTTIMEOUT</term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Timeout for requesting ident from a client.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>SMALLNET</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Sets the number of servers which are needed to constitute <quote>attached to the network</quote>, as opposed to <quote>split</quote></para>
- </listitem>
+ <term>MAX</term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Sets the maximum number of connections
+ to <replaceable>value</replaceable>.
+ </para><para>
+ This number cannot exceed maxconnections - MAX_BUFFER.
+ maxconnections is the rlimit for number of open files.
+ MAX_BUFFER is defined in config.h, normally 60.
+ </para><para>
+ MAXCLIENTS is an alias for this.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>OPERSTRING</term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Sets string shown in WHOIS for opers
+ (umode +o set, umodes +a and +S not set).
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>SPAMNUM</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Sets the number of JOINs/PARTs which constitutes a possible spambot</para>
- </listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Sets how many join/parts to channels
+ constitutes a possible spambot.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>SPAMTIME</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Staying on a channel for less than this length of time adds to the SPAMNUM count</para>
- </listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Below this time on a channel
+ counts as a join/part as above.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>SPLITMODE</term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Sets splitmode to <replaceable>value</replaceable>:
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>ON</term>
+ <listitem><para>splitmode is permanently on</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>OFF</term>
+ <listitem><para>splitmode is permanently off (default if no_create_on_split and no_join_on_split are disabled)</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>AUTO</term>
+ <listitem><para>ircd chooses splitmode based on SPLITUSERS and SPLITNUM (default if no_create_on_split or no_join_on_split are enabled)</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>SPLITUSERS</term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Sets the minimum amount of users needed to
+ deactivate automatic splitmode.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>SPLITNUM</term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Sets the minimum amount of servers needed to
+ deactivate automatic splitmode.
+ Only servers that have finished bursting count for this.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
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