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[CVS] Module ircu2.10: Change committed: msg#00021

Subject: [CVS] Module ircu2.10: Change committed
Committer  : entrope
CVSROOT    : /cvsroot/undernet-ircu
Module     : ircu2.10
Branch tags: u2_10_12_branch
Commit time: 2007-03-17 14:29:11 UTC

Modified files:
  Tag: u2_10_12_branch
     doc/example.conf ChangeLog

Log message:

Clarify example.conf maxlinks, example Class blocks and Operator password.

---------------------- diff included ----------------------
Index: ircu2.10/ChangeLog
diff -u ircu2.10/ChangeLog:1.710.2.157 ircu2.10/ChangeLog:1.710.2.158
--- ircu2.10/ChangeLog:1.710.2.157      Sat Mar 17 07:17:28 2007
+++ ircu2.10/ChangeLog  Sat Mar 17 07:29:01 2007
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 2007-03-16  Michael Poole <mdpoole@xxxxxxxxxxx>
 
+       * doc/example.conf (Class): Move the "Recommended client classes"
+       comment to a better place (and stop recommending them).  Clarify
+       what maxlinks does.  Make it clear that Operator password entries
+       only support umkpasswd formats.
+       
+2007-03-16  Michael Poole <mdpoole@xxxxxxxxxxx>
+
        * ircd/ircd.c (parse_command_line): Emit a warning if using -x
        when DEBUGMODE is disabled.
 
Index: ircu2.10/doc/example.conf
diff -u ircu2.10/doc/example.conf:1.61.2.14 ircu2.10/doc/example.conf:1.61.2.15
--- ircu2.10/doc/example.conf:1.61.2.14 Sun Feb 25 07:41:48 2007
+++ ircu2.10/doc/example.conf   Sat Mar 17 07:29:00 2007
@@ -106,8 +106,7 @@
 # All connections to the server are associated with a certain "connection
 # class", be they incoming or outgoing (initiated by the server), be they
 # clients or servers.
-# Recommended client classes:
-# Take the following class blocks only as a guide.
+#
 # Class {
 #  name = "<class>";
 #  pingfreq = time;
@@ -117,8 +116,12 @@
 #  usermode = "+i";
 # };
 #
-# maxlinks should be set at either 0 or 1.
-#
+# For connection classes used on server links, maxlinks should be set
+# to either 0 (for hubs) or 1 (for leaf servers).  Client connection
+# classes may use maxlinks between 0 and approximately 4,000,000,000.
+# maxlinks = 0 means there is no limit on the number of connections
+# using the class.
+# 
 # <connect freq> applies only to servers, and specifies the frequency 
 # that the server tries to autoconnect. setting this to 0 will cause
 # the server to attempt to connect repeatedly with no delay until the 
@@ -161,9 +164,7 @@
 # limits the number of matching clients allowed from a particular IP
 # address.
 #
-# Recommended client classes:
-# Client classes. 10 = locals; 2 = for all .net and .com that are not
-# in Europe; 1 = for everybody.
+# Take the following class blocks only as a guide.
 Class {
  name = "Local";
  pingfreq = 1 minutes 30 seconds;
@@ -621,7 +622,8 @@
 # By default, the password is hashed using the system's native crypt()
 # function.  Other password mechanisms are available; the umkpasswd
 # utility from the ircd directory can hash passwords using those
-# mechanisms.
+# mechanisms.  If you use a password format that is NOT generated by
+# umkpasswd, ircu will not recognize the oper's password.
 #
 # All privileges are shown with their default values; if you wish to
 # override defaults, you should set only those privileges for the
----------------------- End of diff -----------------------


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