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+# Copyright 1999-2004 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/net-irc/unrealircd/files/unrealircd.confd,v 1.4 2004/07/24 00:17:37 swegener Exp $
+
+# user to run unrealircd as
+UNREALIRCD_USER="unrealircd"
+
+# extra options to pass to unrealircd ...
+# useful if you want to specify conf files other
+# than the default
+#
+# [-h servername]
+# [-p portnumber]
+# [-x loglevel]
+# [-t] (to enable debug output)
+UNREALIRCD_OPTS=""