From 241768836ddfb9e3609f987224cd821058fcc948 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florent Le Coz Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 16:08:40 +0100 Subject: Add the outgoing_bind option Lets the admin choose a local address to bind each outgoing (IRC) socket. --- doc/biboumi.1.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/biboumi.1.md') diff --git a/doc/biboumi.1.md b/doc/biboumi.1.md index 4aded1e..7a33f4f 100644 --- a/doc/biboumi.1.md +++ b/doc/biboumi.1.md @@ -120,6 +120,15 @@ The configuration file uses a simple format of the form negociating a TLS session. By default this value is unset and biboumi tries a list of well-known paths. +`outgoing_bind` + + An address (IPv4 or IPv6) to bind the outgoing sockets to. If no value is + specified, it will use the one assigned by the operating system. You can + for example use outgoing_bind=192.168.1.11 to force biboumi to use the + interface with this address. Note that this is only used for connections + to IRC servers, the connection to the XMPP server is always done locally + on 127.0.0.1. + The configuration can be re-read at runtime (you can for example change the log level without having to restart biboumi) by sending SIGUSR1 or SIGUSR2 (see kill(1)) to the process. -- cgit v1.2.3