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+.\" @(#)$Id: iauth.8,v 1.4 1998/11/09 20:07:12 kalt Exp $
+.TH IAUTH 8 "$Date: 1998/11/09 20:07:12 $"
+.SH NAME
+iauth \- The Internet Relay Chat Authentication Program
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.hy 0
+.IP \fBiauth\fP
+[
+.B -v
+|
+.BI \-c " configfile"
+]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.LP
+\fIiauth\fP is a slave process used by the \fIircd\fP program to perform
+the authentication of incoming connections. The \fIircd\fP program starts
+\fIiauth\fP upon startup.
+
+\fIiauth\fP will close and reopen the log file whenever it receives a user
+signal 2, SIGUSR2. This is useful to rotate the log file.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.BI \-c " filename"
+When this flag is given, the program will read the configuration file
+specify and validate it. This is useful to check for errors in the setup.
+.TP
+.B \-v
+This option dumps information about the version.
+.SH EXAMPLE
+.RS
+.nf
+millennium% \fBiauth -c iauth.conf\fP
+iauth 2.10
+
+Reading "iauth.conf"
+
+Module(s) loaded:
+ rfc931
+.fi
+.RE
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+(c) 1998 Christophe Kalt
+.LP
+For full COPYRIGHT see LICENSE file with IRC package.
+.LP
+.RE
+.SH FILES
+ "iauth.conf"
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+iauth.conf(5) ircd(8)
+.SH BUGS
+None... ;-) if somebody finds one, please send mail to ircd-bugs@irc.org
+.SH AUTHOR
+Christophe Kalt.