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Remove bad check for channel op in m_auditorium, fixes bug #886
[user/henk/code/inspircd.git] / src / configreader.cpp
index 779c288b3888d1e1be2300e4f72abab1f3fd8347..eb14185909b7f047c21428f31ec7cf495c4c9c48 100644 (file)
@@ -2,49 +2,64 @@
  *       | Inspire Internet Relay Chat Daemon |
  *       +------------------------------------+
  *
- *  InspIRCd: (C) 2002-2007 InspIRCd Development Team
- * See: http://www.inspircd.org/wiki/index.php/Credits
+ *  InspIRCd: (C) 2002-2009 InspIRCd Development Team
+ * See: http://wiki.inspircd.org/Credits
  *
  * This program is free but copyrighted software; see
- *            the file COPYING for details.
+ *         the file COPYING for details.
  *
  * ---------------------------------------------------
  */
 
-/* $Core: libIRCDconfigreader */
+/* $Core */
+/* $CopyInstall: conf/inspircd.quotes.example $(CONPATH) */
+/* $CopyInstall: conf/inspircd.rules.example $(CONPATH) */
+/* $CopyInstall: conf/inspircd.motd.example $(CONPATH) */
+/* $CopyInstall: conf/inspircd.helpop-full.example $(CONPATH) */
+/* $CopyInstall: conf/inspircd.helpop.example $(CONPATH) */
+/* $CopyInstall: conf/inspircd.censor.example $(CONPATH) */
+/* $CopyInstall: conf/inspircd.filter.example $(CONPATH) */
+/* $CopyInstall: conf/inspircd.conf.example $(CONPATH) */
+/* $CopyInstall: conf/modules.conf.example $(CONPATH) */
+/* $CopyInstall: conf/opers.conf.example $(CONPATH) */
+/* $CopyInstall: conf/links.conf.example $(CONPATH) */
+/* $CopyInstall: .gdbargs $(BASE) */
 
 #include "inspircd.h"
 #include <fstream>
 #include "xline.h"
 #include "exitcodes.h"
 #include "commands/cmd_whowas.h"
+#include "modes/cmode_h.h"
 
 std::vector<std::string> old_module_names, new_module_names, added_modules, removed_modules;
 
 /* Needs forward declaration */
 bool ValidateDnsServer(ServerConfig* conf, const char* tag, const char* value, ValueItem &data);
+bool DoneELine(ServerConfig* conf, const char* tag);
 
 ServerConfig::ServerConfig(InspIRCd* Instance) : ServerInstance(Instance)
 {
        this->ClearStack();
-       *ServerName = *Network = *ServerDesc = *AdminName = '\0';
+       *sid = *ServerName = *Network = *ServerDesc = *AdminName = '\0';
        *HideWhoisServer = *AdminEmail = *AdminNick = *diepass = *restartpass = *FixedQuit = *HideKillsServer = '\0';
        *DefaultModes = *CustomVersion = *motd = *rules = *PrefixQuit = *DieValue = *DNSServer = '\0';
        *UserStats = *ModPath = *MyExecutable = *DisabledCommands = *PID = *SuffixQuit = '\0';
        WhoWasGroupSize = WhoWasMaxGroups = WhoWasMaxKeep = 0;
        log_file = NULL;
        NoUserDns = forcedebug = OperSpyWhois = nofork = HideBans = HideSplits = UndernetMsgPrefix = false;
-       CycleHosts = writelog = AllowHalfop = true;
+       CycleHosts = writelog = AllowHalfop = InvBypassModes = true;
        dns_timeout = DieDelay = 5;
        MaxTargets = 20;
        NetBufferSize = 10240;
-       SoftLimit = MAXCLIENTS;
+       SoftLimit = Instance->SE->GetMaxFds();
        MaxConn = SOMAXCONN;
        MaxWhoResults = 0;
        debugging = 0;
        MaxChans = 20;
        OperMaxChans = 30;
-       LogLevel = DEFAULT;
+       c_ipv4_range = 32;
+       c_ipv6_range = 128;
        maxbans.clear();
        DNSServerValidator = &ValidateDnsServer;
 }
@@ -54,69 +69,6 @@ void ServerConfig::ClearStack()
        include_stack.clear();
 }
 
-Module* ServerConfig::GetIOHook(int port)
-{
-       std::map<int,Module*>::iterator x = IOHookModule.find(port);
-       return (x != IOHookModule.end() ? x->second : NULL);
-}
-
-Module* ServerConfig::GetIOHook(BufferedSocket* is)
-{
-       std::map<BufferedSocket*,Module*>::iterator x = SocketIOHookModule.find(is);
-       return (x != SocketIOHookModule.end() ? x->second : NULL);
-}
-
-bool ServerConfig::AddIOHook(int port, Module* iomod)
-{
-       if (!GetIOHook(port))
-       {
-               IOHookModule[port] = iomod;
-               return true;
-       }
-       else
-       {
-               throw ModuleException("Port already hooked by another module");
-               return false;
-       }
-}
-
-bool ServerConfig::AddIOHook(Module* iomod, BufferedSocket* is)
-{
-       if (!GetIOHook(is))
-       {
-               SocketIOHookModule[is] = iomod;
-               is->IsIOHooked = true;
-               return true;
-       }
-       else
-       {
-               throw ModuleException("BufferedSocket derived class already hooked by another module");
-               return false;
-       }
-}
-
-bool ServerConfig::DelIOHook(int port)
-{
-       std::map<int,Module*>::iterator x = IOHookModule.find(port);
-       if (x != IOHookModule.end())
-       {
-               IOHookModule.erase(x);
-               return true;
-       }
-       return false;
-}
-
-bool ServerConfig::DelIOHook(BufferedSocket* is)
-{
-       std::map<BufferedSocket*,Module*>::iterator x = SocketIOHookModule.find(is);
-       if (x != SocketIOHookModule.end())
-       {
-               SocketIOHookModule.erase(x);
-               return true;
-       }
-       return false;
-}
-
 void ServerConfig::Update005()
 {
        std::stringstream out(data005);
@@ -148,23 +100,17 @@ void ServerConfig::Update005()
 void ServerConfig::Send005(User* user)
 {
        for (std::vector<std::string>::iterator line = ServerInstance->Config->isupport.begin(); line != ServerInstance->Config->isupport.end(); line++)
-               user->WriteServ("005 %s %s", user->nick, line->c_str());
+               user->WriteNumeric(RPL_ISUPPORT, "%s %s", user->nick.c_str(), line->c_str());
 }
 
-bool ServerConfig::CheckOnce(char* tag)
+bool ServerConfig::CheckOnce(const char* tag)
 {
-       int count = ConfValueEnum(this->config_data, tag);
+       int count = ConfValueEnum(tag);
 
        if (count > 1)
-       {
                throw CoreException("You have more than one <"+std::string(tag)+"> tag, this is not permitted.");
-               return false;
-       }
        if (count < 1)
-       {
                throw CoreException("You have not defined a <"+std::string(tag)+"> tag, this is required.");
-               return false;
-       }
        return true;
 }
 
@@ -173,11 +119,109 @@ bool NoValidation(ServerConfig*, const char*, const char*, ValueItem&)
        return true;
 }
 
+bool DoneConfItem(ServerConfig* conf, const char* tag)
+{
+       return true;
+}
+
+void ServerConfig::ValidateNoSpaces(const char* p, const std::string &tag, const std::string &val)
+{
+       for (const char* ptr = p; *ptr; ++ptr)
+       {
+               if (*ptr == ' ')
+                       throw CoreException("The value of <"+tag+":"+val+"> cannot contain spaces");
+       }
+}
+
+/* NOTE: Before anyone asks why we're not using inet_pton for this, it is because inet_pton and friends do not return so much detail,
+ * even in strerror(errno). They just return 'yes' or 'no' to an address without such detail as to whats WRONG with the address.
+ * Because ircd users arent as technical as they used to be (;)) we are going to give more of a useful error message.
+ */
+void ServerConfig::ValidateIP(const char* p, const std::string &tag, const std::string &val, bool wild)
+{
+       int num_dots = 0;
+       int num_seps = 0;
+       int not_numbers = false;
+       int not_hex = false;
+
+       if (*p)
+       {
+               if (*p == '.')
+                       throw CoreException("The value of <"+tag+":"+val+"> is not an IP address");
+
+               for (const char* ptr = p; *ptr; ++ptr)
+               {
+                       if (wild && (*ptr == '*' || *ptr == '?' || *ptr == '/'))
+                               continue;
+
+                       if (*ptr != ':' && *ptr != '.')
+                       {
+                               if (*ptr < '0' || *ptr > '9')
+                                       not_numbers = true;
+                               if ((*ptr < '0' || *ptr > '9') && (toupper(*ptr) < 'A' || toupper(*ptr) > 'F'))
+                                       not_hex = true;
+                       }
+                       switch (*ptr)
+                       {
+                               case ' ':
+                                       throw CoreException("The value of <"+tag+":"+val+"> is not an IP address");
+                               case '.':
+                                       num_dots++;
+                               break;
+                               case ':':
+                                       num_seps++;
+                               break;
+                       }
+               }
+
+               if (num_dots > 3)
+                       throw CoreException("The value of <"+tag+":"+val+"> is an IPv4 address with too many fields!");
+
+               if (num_seps > 8)
+                       throw CoreException("The value of <"+tag+":"+val+"> is an IPv6 address with too many fields!");
+
+               if (num_seps == 0 && num_dots < 3 && !wild)
+                       throw CoreException("The value of <"+tag+":"+val+"> looks to be a malformed IPv4 address");
+
+               if (num_seps == 0 && num_dots == 3 && not_numbers)
+                       throw CoreException("The value of <"+tag+":"+val+"> contains non-numeric characters in an IPv4 address");
+
+               if (num_seps != 0 && not_hex)
+                       throw CoreException("The value of <"+tag+":"+val+"> contains non-hexdecimal characters in an IPv6 address");
+
+               if (num_seps != 0 && num_dots != 3 && num_dots != 0 && !wild)
+                       throw CoreException("The value of <"+tag+":"+val+"> is a malformed IPv6 4in6 address");
+       }
+}
+
+void ServerConfig::ValidateHostname(const char* p, const std::string &tag, const std::string &val)
+{
+       int num_dots = 0;
+       if (*p)
+       {
+               if (*p == '.')
+                       throw CoreException("The value of <"+tag+":"+val+"> is not a valid hostname");
+               for (const char* ptr = p; *ptr; ++ptr)
+               {
+                       switch (*ptr)
+                       {
+                               case ' ':
+                                       throw CoreException("The value of <"+tag+":"+val+"> is not a valid hostname");
+                               case '.':
+                                       num_dots++;
+                               break;
+                       }
+               }
+               if (num_dots == 0)
+                       throw CoreException("The value of <"+tag+":"+val+"> is not a valid hostname");
+       }
+}
+
 bool ValidateMaxTargets(ServerConfig* conf, const char*, const char*, ValueItem &data)
 {
        if ((data.GetInteger() < 0) || (data.GetInteger() > 31))
        {
-               conf->GetInstance()->Log(DEFAULT,"WARNING: <options:maxtargets> value is greater than 31 or less than 0, set to 20.");
+               conf->GetInstance()->Logs->Log("CONFIG",DEFAULT,"WARNING: <security:maxtargets> value is greater than 31 or less than 0, set to 20.");
                data.Set(20);
        }
        return true;
@@ -185,10 +229,10 @@ bool ValidateMaxTargets(ServerConfig* conf, const char*, const char*, ValueItem
 
 bool ValidateSoftLimit(ServerConfig* conf, const char*, const char*, ValueItem &data)
 {
-       if ((data.GetInteger() < 1) || (data.GetInteger() > MAXCLIENTS))
+       if ((data.GetInteger() < 1) || (data.GetInteger() > conf->GetInstance()->SE->GetMaxFds()))
        {
-               conf->GetInstance()->Log(DEFAULT,"WARNING: <options:softlimit> value is greater than %d or less than 0, set to %d.",MAXCLIENTS,MAXCLIENTS);
-               data.Set(MAXCLIENTS);
+               conf->GetInstance()->Logs->Log("CONFIG",DEFAULT,"WARNING: <performance:softlimit> value is greater than %d or less than 0, set to %d.",conf->GetInstance()->SE->GetMaxFds(),conf->GetInstance()->SE->GetMaxFds());
+               data.Set(conf->GetInstance()->SE->GetMaxFds());
        }
        return true;
 }
@@ -196,7 +240,7 @@ bool ValidateSoftLimit(ServerConfig* conf, const char*, const char*, ValueItem &
 bool ValidateMaxConn(ServerConfig* conf, const char*, const char*, ValueItem &data)
 {
        if (data.GetInteger() > SOMAXCONN)
-               conf->GetInstance()->Log(DEFAULT,"WARNING: <options:somaxconn> value may be higher than the system-defined SOMAXCONN value!");
+               conf->GetInstance()->Logs->Log("CONFIG",DEFAULT,"WARNING: <performance:somaxconn> value may be higher than the system-defined SOMAXCONN value!");
        return true;
 }
 
@@ -206,13 +250,13 @@ bool InitializeDisabledCommands(const char* data, InspIRCd* ServerInstance)
        std::string thiscmd;
 
        /* Enable everything first */
-       for (Commandable::iterator x = ServerInstance->Parser->cmdlist.begin(); x != ServerInstance->Parser->cmdlist.end(); x++)
+       for (Commandtable::iterator x = ServerInstance->Parser->cmdlist.begin(); x != ServerInstance->Parser->cmdlist.end(); x++)
                x->second->Disable(false);
 
        /* Now disable all the ones which the user wants disabled */
        while (dcmds >> thiscmd)
        {
-               Commandable::iterator cm = ServerInstance->Parser->cmdlist.find(thiscmd);
+               Commandtable::iterator cm = ServerInstance->Parser->cmdlist.find(thiscmd);
                if (cm != ServerInstance->Parser->cmdlist.end())
                {
                        cm->second->Disable(true);
@@ -221,14 +265,36 @@ bool InitializeDisabledCommands(const char* data, InspIRCd* ServerInstance)
        return true;
 }
 
+bool ValidateDisabledUModes(ServerConfig* conf, const char*, const char*, ValueItem &data)
+{
+       memset(conf->DisabledUModes, 0, sizeof(conf->DisabledUModes));
+       for (const unsigned char* p = (const unsigned char*)data.GetString(); *p; ++p)
+       {
+               if (*p < 'A' || *p > ('A' + 64)) throw CoreException(std::string("Invalid usermode ")+(char)*p+" was found.");
+               conf->DisabledUModes[*p - 'A'] = 1;
+       }
+       return true;
+}
+
+bool ValidateDisabledCModes(ServerConfig* conf, const char*, const char*, ValueItem &data)
+{
+       memset(conf->DisabledCModes, 0, sizeof(conf->DisabledCModes));
+       for (const unsigned char* p = (const unsigned char*)data.GetString(); *p; ++p)
+       {
+               if (*p < 'A' || *p > ('A' + 64)) throw CoreException(std::string("Invalid chanmode ")+(char)*p+" was found.");
+               conf->DisabledCModes[*p - 'A'] = 1;
+       }
+       return true;
+}
+
 bool ValidateDnsServer(ServerConfig* conf, const char*, const char*, ValueItem &data)
 {
        if (!*(data.GetString()))
        {
                std::string nameserver;
                // attempt to look up their nameserver from /etc/resolv.conf
-               conf->GetInstance()->Log(DEFAULT,"WARNING: <dns:server> not defined, attempting to find working server in /etc/resolv.conf...");
-               ifstream resolv("/etc/resolv.conf");
+               conf->GetInstance()->Logs->Log("CONFIG",DEFAULT,"WARNING: <dns:server> not defined, attempting to find working server in /etc/resolv.conf...");
+               std::ifstream resolv("/etc/resolv.conf");
                bool found_server = false;
 
                if (resolv.is_open())
@@ -240,19 +306,19 @@ bool ValidateDnsServer(ServerConfig* conf, const char*, const char*, ValueItem &
                                        resolv >> nameserver;
                                        data.Set(nameserver.c_str());
                                        found_server = true;
-                                       conf->GetInstance()->Log(DEFAULT,"<dns:server> set to '%s' as first resolver in /etc/resolv.conf.",nameserver.c_str());
+                                       conf->GetInstance()->Logs->Log("CONFIG",DEFAULT,"<dns:server> set to '%s' as first resolver in /etc/resolv.conf.",nameserver.c_str());
                                }
                        }
 
                        if (!found_server)
                        {
-                               conf->GetInstance()->Log(DEFAULT,"/etc/resolv.conf contains no viable nameserver entries! Defaulting to nameserver '127.0.0.1'!");
+                               conf->GetInstance()->Logs->Log("CONFIG",DEFAULT,"/etc/resolv.conf contains no viable nameserver entries! Defaulting to nameserver '127.0.0.1'!");
                                data.Set("127.0.0.1");
                        }
                }
                else
                {
-                       conf->GetInstance()->Log(DEFAULT,"/etc/resolv.conf can't be opened! Defaulting to nameserver '127.0.0.1'!");
+                       conf->GetInstance()->Logs->Log("CONFIG",DEFAULT,"/etc/resolv.conf can't be opened! Defaulting to nameserver '127.0.0.1'!");
                        data.Set("127.0.0.1");
                }
        }
@@ -261,27 +327,24 @@ bool ValidateDnsServer(ServerConfig* conf, const char*, const char*, ValueItem &
 
 bool ValidateServerName(ServerConfig* conf, const char*, const char*, ValueItem &data)
 {
+       conf->GetInstance()->Logs->Log("CONFIG",DEFAULT,"Validating server name");
        /* If we already have a servername, and they changed it, we should throw an exception. */
-       if ((strcasecmp(conf->ServerName, data.GetString())) && (*conf->ServerName))
+       if (!strchr(data.GetString(), '.'))
        {
-               throw CoreException("Configuration error: You cannot change your servername at runtime! Please restart your server for this change to be applied.");
-               /* We don't actually reach this return of course... */
-               return false;
-       }
-       if (!strchr(data.GetString(),'.'))
-       {
-               conf->GetInstance()->Log(DEFAULT,"WARNING: <server:name> '%s' is not a fully-qualified domain name. Changed to '%s%c'",data.GetString(),data.GetString(),'.');
+               conf->GetInstance()->Logs->Log("CONFIG",DEFAULT,"WARNING: <server:name> '%s' is not a fully-qualified domain name. Changed to '%s%c'",data.GetString(),data.GetString(),'.');
                std::string moo = std::string(data.GetString()).append(".");
                data.Set(moo.c_str());
        }
+       conf->ValidateHostname(data.GetString(), "server", "name");
        return true;
 }
 
 bool ValidateNetBufferSize(ServerConfig* conf, const char*, const char*, ValueItem &data)
 {
-       if ((!data.GetInteger()) || (data.GetInteger() > 65535) || (data.GetInteger() < 1024))
+       // 65534 not 65535 because of null terminator
+       if ((!data.GetInteger()) || (data.GetInteger() > 65534) || (data.GetInteger() < 1024))
        {
-               conf->GetInstance()->Log(DEFAULT,"No NetBufferSize specified or size out of range, setting to default of 10240.");
+               conf->GetInstance()->Logs->Log("CONFIG",DEFAULT,"No NetBufferSize specified or size out of range, setting to default of 10240.");
                data.Set(10240);
        }
        return true;
@@ -291,30 +354,27 @@ bool ValidateMaxWho(ServerConfig* conf, const char*, const char*, ValueItem &dat
 {
        if ((data.GetInteger() > 65535) || (data.GetInteger() < 1))
        {
-               conf->GetInstance()->Log(DEFAULT,"<options:maxwhoresults> size out of range, setting to default of 128.");
+               conf->GetInstance()->Logs->Log("CONFIG",DEFAULT,"<performance:maxwho> size out of range, setting to default of 128.");
                data.Set(128);
        }
        return true;
 }
 
-bool ValidateLogLevel(ServerConfig* conf, const char*, const char*, ValueItem &data)
+bool ValidateHalfOp(ServerConfig* conf, const char*, const char*, ValueItem &data)
 {
-       std::string dbg = data.GetString();
-       conf->LogLevel = DEFAULT;
-
-       if (dbg == "debug")
-               conf->LogLevel = DEBUG;
-       else if (dbg  == "verbose")
-               conf->LogLevel = VERBOSE;
-       else if (dbg == "default")
-               conf->LogLevel = DEFAULT;
-       else if (dbg == "sparse")
-               conf->LogLevel = SPARSE;
-       else if (dbg == "none")
-               conf->LogLevel = NONE;
-
-       conf->debugging = (conf->LogLevel == DEBUG);
-
+       ModeHandler* mh = conf->GetInstance()->Modes->FindMode('h', MODETYPE_CHANNEL);
+       if (data.GetBool() && !mh)
+       {
+               conf->GetInstance()->Logs->Log("CONFIG",DEFAULT,"Enabling halfop mode.");
+               mh = new ModeChannelHalfOp(conf->GetInstance());
+               conf->GetInstance()->Modes->AddMode(mh);
+       }
+       else if (!data.GetBool() && mh)
+       {
+               conf->GetInstance()->Logs->Log("CONFIG",DEFAULT,"Disabling halfop mode.");
+               conf->GetInstance()->Modes->DelMode(mh);
+               delete mh;
+       }
        return true;
 }
 
@@ -324,10 +384,10 @@ bool ValidateMotd(ServerConfig* conf, const char*, const char*, ValueItem &data)
        return true;
 }
 
-bool ValidateNotEmpty(ServerConfig*, const char* tag, const char*, ValueItem &data)
+bool ValidateNotEmpty(ServerConfig*, const char* tag, const char* val, ValueItem &data)
 {
        if (!*data.GetString())
-               throw CoreException(std::string("The value for ")+tag+" cannot be empty!");
+               throw CoreException(std::string("The value for <")+tag+":"+val+"> cannot be empty!");
        return true;
 }
 
@@ -339,7 +399,7 @@ bool ValidateRules(ServerConfig* conf, const char*, const char*, ValueItem &data
 
 bool ValidateModeLists(ServerConfig* conf, const char*, const char*, ValueItem &data)
 {
-       memset(conf->HideModeLists, 0, 256);
+       memset(conf->HideModeLists, 0, sizeof(conf->HideModeLists));
        for (const unsigned char* x = (const unsigned char*)data.GetString(); *x; ++x)
                conf->HideModeLists[*x] = true;
        return true;
@@ -347,7 +407,7 @@ bool ValidateModeLists(ServerConfig* conf, const char*, const char*, ValueItem &
 
 bool ValidateExemptChanOps(ServerConfig* conf, const char*, const char*, ValueItem &data)
 {
-       memset(conf->ExemptChanOps, 0, 256);
+       memset(conf->ExemptChanOps, 0, sizeof(conf->ExemptChanOps));
        for (const unsigned char* x = (const unsigned char*)data.GetString(); *x; ++x)
                conf->ExemptChanOps[*x] = true;
        return true;
@@ -371,13 +431,17 @@ bool ValidateInvite(ServerConfig* conf, const char*, const char*, ValueItem &dat
 
 bool ValidateSID(ServerConfig* conf, const char*, const char*, ValueItem &data)
 {
-       int sid = data.GetInteger();
-       if ((sid > 999) || (sid < 0))
+       conf->GetInstance()->Logs->Log("CONFIG",DEFAULT,"Validating server id");
+
+       const char *sid = data.GetString();
+
+       if (*sid && !conf->GetInstance()->IsSID(sid))
        {
-               sid = sid % 1000;
-               data.Set(sid);
-               conf->GetInstance()->Log(DEFAULT,"WARNING: Server ID is less than 0 or greater than 999. Set to %d", sid);
+               throw CoreException(std::string(sid) + " is not a valid server ID. A server ID must be 3 characters long, with the first character a digit and the next two characters a digit or letter.");
        }
+
+       strlcpy(conf->sid, sid, 5);
+
        return true;
 }
 
@@ -394,7 +458,7 @@ bool ValidateWhoWas(ServerConfig* conf, const char*, const char*, ValueItem &dat
        if (conf->WhoWasMaxKeep < 3600)
        {
                conf->WhoWasMaxKeep = 3600;
-               conf->GetInstance()->Log(DEFAULT,"WARNING: <whowas:maxkeep> value less than 3600, setting to default 3600");
+               conf->GetInstance()->Logs->Log("CONFIG",DEFAULT,"WARNING: <whowas:maxkeep> value less than 3600, setting to default 3600");
        }
 
        Command* whowas_command = conf->GetInstance()->Parser->GetHandler("WHOWAS");
@@ -411,19 +475,34 @@ bool ValidateWhoWas(ServerConfig* conf, const char*, const char*, ValueItem &dat
  */
 bool InitConnect(ServerConfig* conf, const char*)
 {
-       conf->GetInstance()->Log(DEFAULT,"Reading connect classes...");
+       conf->GetInstance()->Logs->Log("CONFIG",DEFAULT,"Reading connect classes... class list is:");
 
-goagain:
-       /* change this: only delete a class with refcount 0 */
-       for (ClassVector::iterator i = conf->Classes.begin(); i != conf->Classes.end(); i++)
+       for (ClassVector::iterator i = conf->Classes.begin(); i != conf->Classes.end() ; )
        {
-               ConnectClass *c = *i;
+               ConnectClassc = *i;
 
+               /*
+                * only delete a class with refcount 0.
+                * this is needed to avoid trampling on a wild pointer (User::MyClass)!
+                * it's also the most simple way to do it, given that we're looking at threads..
+                * -- w00t
+                */
                if (c->RefCount == 0)
                {
-                       conf->GetInstance()->Log(DEFAULT, "Removing connect class, refcount is 0!");
+                       conf->GetInstance()->Logs->Log("CONFIG",DEFAULT, "Removing connect class, refcount is 0!");
+
+                       /* This was causing a crash, because we'd set i to .begin() just here, but then the for loop's increment would
+                        * set it to .begin() + 1. Which if it was already the last thing in the list, wasn't good.
+                        * Now the increment is in the else { } below.
+                        */
                        conf->Classes.erase(i);
-                       goto goagain; // XXX fucking hell.. how better to  do this
+                       i = conf->Classes.begin(); // start over so we don't trample on a bad iterator
+               }
+               else
+               {
+                       /* also mark all existing classes disabled, if they still exist in the conf, they will be reenabled. */
+                       c->SetDisabled(true);
+                       i++;
                }
        }
 
@@ -434,54 +513,81 @@ goagain:
  */
 bool DoConnect(ServerConfig* conf, const char*, char**, ValueList &values, int*)
 {
-       conf->GetInstance()->Log(DEFAULT,"Adding a connect class!");
        ConnectClass c;
        const char* allow = values[0].GetString(); /* Yeah, there are a lot of values. Live with it. */
        const char* deny = values[1].GetString();
        const char* password = values[2].GetString();
        int timeout = values[3].GetInteger();
        int pingfreq = values[4].GetInteger();
-       int flood = values[5].GetInteger();
-       int threshold = values[6].GetInteger();
-       int sendq = values[7].GetInteger();
-       int recvq = values[8].GetInteger();
-       int localmax = values[9].GetInteger();
-       int globalmax = values[10].GetInteger();
-       int port = values[11].GetInteger();
-       const char* name = values[12].GetString();
-       const char* parent = values[13].GetString();
-       int maxchans = values[14].GetInteger();
+       int sendq = values[5].GetInteger();
+       int recvq = values[6].GetInteger();
+       int localmax = values[7].GetInteger();
+       int globalmax = values[8].GetInteger();
+       int port = values[9].GetInteger();
+       const char* name = values[10].GetString();
+       const char* parent = values[11].GetString();
+       int maxchans = values[12].GetInteger();
+       unsigned long limit = values[13].GetInteger();
+       const char* hashtype = values[14].GetString();
+
+       conf->GetInstance()->Logs->Log("CONFIG",DEFAULT,"Adding a connect class!");
+
+       ConnectClass *cc = NULL;
 
        if (*parent)
        {
                /* Find 'parent' and inherit a new class from it,
                 * then overwrite any values that are set here
                 */
-               for (ClassVector::iterator item = conf->Classes.begin(); item != conf->Classes.end(); ++item)
+               ClassVector::iterator item = conf->Classes.begin();
+               for (; item != conf->Classes.end(); ++item)
                {
-                       ConnectClass* c = *item;
-                       if (c->GetName() == parent)
+                       cc = *item;
+                       conf->GetInstance()->Logs->Log("CONFIG",DEBUG,"Class: %s", cc->GetName().c_str());
+                       if (cc->GetName() == parent)
                        {
-                               ConnectClass* c = new ConnectClass(name, c);
-                               c->Update(timeout, flood, *allow ? allow : deny, pingfreq, password, threshold, sendq, recvq, localmax, globalmax, maxchans, port);
-                               conf->Classes.push_back(c);
+                               cc = new ConnectClass(name, cc);
+                               cc->Update(timeout, *allow ? allow : deny, pingfreq, password, sendq, recvq, localmax, globalmax, maxchans, port, limit);
+                               conf->Classes.push_back(cc);
+                               break;
                        }
                }
-               throw CoreException("Class name '" + std::string(name) + "' is configured to inherit from class '" + std::string(parent) + "' which cannot be found.");
+               if (item == conf->Classes.end())
+                       throw CoreException("Class name '" + std::string(name) + "' is configured to inherit from class '" + std::string(parent) + "' which cannot be found.");
        }
        else
        {
                if (*allow)
                {
-                       ConnectClass* c = new ConnectClass(name, timeout, flood, allow, pingfreq, password, threshold, sendq, recvq, localmax, globalmax, maxchans);
-                       c->SetPort(port);
-                       conf->Classes.push_back(c);
+                       /* Find existing class by mask, the mask should be unique */
+                       for (ClassVector::iterator item = conf->Classes.begin(); item != conf->Classes.end(); ++item)
+                       {
+                               if ((*item)->GetHost() == allow && !(*item)->GetDisabled())
+                               {
+                                       (*item)->Update(timeout, allow, pingfreq, password, sendq, recvq, localmax, globalmax, maxchans, port, limit);
+                                       return true;
+                               }
+                       }
+                       cc = new ConnectClass(name, timeout, allow, pingfreq, password, hashtype, sendq, recvq, localmax, globalmax, maxchans);
+                       cc->limit = limit;
+                       cc->SetPort(port);
+                       conf->Classes.push_back(cc);
                }
                else
                {
-                       ConnectClass* c = new ConnectClass(name, deny);
-                       c->SetPort(port);
-                       conf->Classes.push_back(c);
+                       /* Find existing class by mask, the mask should be unique */
+                       for (ClassVector::iterator item = conf->Classes.begin(); item != conf->Classes.end(); ++item)
+                       {
+                               if ((*item)->GetHost() == deny && !(*item)->GetDisabled())
+                               {
+                                       (*item)->Update(name, deny);
+                                       (*item)->SetPort(port);
+                                       return true;
+                               }
+                       }
+                       cc = new ConnectClass(name, deny);
+                       cc->SetPort(port);
+                       conf->Classes.push_back(cc);
                }
        }
 
@@ -492,7 +598,7 @@ bool DoConnect(ServerConfig* conf, const char*, char**, ValueList &values, int*)
  */
 bool DoneConnect(ServerConfig *conf, const char*)
 {
-       conf->GetInstance()->Log(DEFAULT, "Done adding connect classes!");
+       conf->GetInstance()->Logs->Log("CONFIG",DEFAULT, "Done adding connect classes!");
        return true;
 }
 
@@ -525,14 +631,10 @@ bool DoneULine(ServerConfig*, const char*)
  */
 bool InitModule(ServerConfig* conf, const char*)
 {
-       old_module_names.clear();
+       old_module_names = conf->GetInstance()->Modules->GetAllModuleNames(0);
        new_module_names.clear();
        added_modules.clear();
        removed_modules.clear();
-       for (std::vector<std::string>::iterator t = conf->module_names.begin(); t != conf->module_names.end(); t++)
-       {
-               old_module_names.push_back(*t);
-       }
        return true;
 }
 
@@ -605,136 +707,153 @@ bool DoneMaxBans(ServerConfig*, const char*)
        return true;
 }
 
-void ServerConfig::ReportConfigError(const std::string &errormessage, bool bail, User* user)
+void ServerConfig::ReportConfigError(const std::string &errormessage)
 {
-       ServerInstance->Log(DEFAULT, "There were errors in your configuration file: %s", errormessage.c_str());
-       if (bail)
-       {
-               /* Unneeded because of the ServerInstance->Log() aboive? */
-               printf("There were errors in your configuration:\n%s\n\n",errormessage.c_str());
-               ServerInstance->Exit(EXIT_STATUS_CONFIG);
-       }
-       else
-       {
-               std::string errors = errormessage;
-               std::string::size_type start;
-               unsigned int prefixlen;
-               start = 0;
-               /* ":ServerInstance->Config->ServerName NOTICE user->nick :" */
-               if (user)
-               {
-                       prefixlen = strlen(this->ServerName) + strlen(user->nick) + 11;
-                       user->WriteServ("NOTICE %s :There were errors in the configuration file:",user->nick);
-                       while (start < errors.length())
-                       {
-                               user->WriteServ("NOTICE %s :%s",user->nick, errors.substr(start, 510 - prefixlen).c_str());
-                               start += 510 - prefixlen;
-                       }
-               }
-               else
-               {
-                       ServerInstance->WriteOpers("There were errors in the configuration file:");
-                       while (start < errors.length())
-                       {
-                               ServerInstance->WriteOpers(errors.substr(start, 360).c_str());
-                               start += 360;
-                       }
-               }
-               return;
-       }
+       ServerInstance->Logs->Log("CONFIG",DEFAULT, "There were errors in your configuration file: %s", errormessage.c_str());
+       errstr << errormessage << std::endl;
 }
 
-void ServerConfig::Read(bool bail, User* user)
+void ServerConfig::Read()
 {
-       static char debug[MAXBUF];      /* Temporary buffer for debugging value */
        static char maxkeep[MAXBUF];    /* Temporary buffer for WhoWasMaxKeep value */
        static char hidemodes[MAXBUF];  /* Modes to not allow listing from users below halfop */
        static char exemptchanops[MAXBUF];      /* Exempt channel ops from these modes */
        static char announceinvites[MAXBUF];    /* options:announceinvites setting */
-       int rem = 0, add = 0;           /* Number of modules added, number of modules removed */
-       std::ostringstream errstr;      /* String stream containing the error output */
+       static char disabledumodes[MAXBUF]; /* Disabled usermodes */
+       static char disabledcmodes[MAXBUF]; /* Disabled chanmodes */
+       valid = true;
+       /* std::ostringstream::clear() does not clear the string itself, only the error flags. */
+       errstr.clear();
+       errstr.str().clear();
+       include_stack.clear();
 
        /* These tags MUST occur and must ONLY occur once in the config file */
-       static char* Once[] = { "server", "admin", "files", "power", "options", NULL };
+       static const char* Once[] = { "server", "admin", "files", "power", "options", NULL };
+
+       Deprecated ChangedConfig[] = {
+               {"options",     "hidelinks",            "has been moved to <security:hidelinks> as of 1.2a3"},
+               {"options",     "hidewhois",            "has been moved to <security:hidewhois> as of 1.2a3"},
+               {"options",     "userstats",            "has been moved to <security:userstats> as of 1.2a3"},
+               {"options",     "customversion",        "has been moved to <security:customversion> as of 1.2a3"},
+               {"options",     "hidesplits",           "has been moved to <security:hidesplits> as of 1.2a3"},
+               {"options",     "hidebans",             "has been moved to <security:hidebans> as of 1.2a3"},
+               {"options",     "hidekills",            "has been moved to <security:hidekills> as of 1.2a3"},
+               {"options",     "operspywhois",         "has been moved to <security:operspywhois> as of 1.2a3"},
+               {"options",     "announceinvites",      "has been moved to <security:announceinvites> as of 1.2a3"},
+               {"options",     "hidemodes",            "has been moved to <security:hidemodes> as of 1.2a3"},
+               {"options",     "maxtargets",           "has been moved to <security:maxtargets> as of 1.2a3"},
+               {"options",     "nouserdns",            "has been moved to <performance:nouserdns> as of 1.2a3"},
+               {"options",     "maxwho",               "has been moved to <performance:maxwho> as of 1.2a3"},
+               {"options",     "softlimit",            "has been moved to <performance:softlimit> as of 1.2a3"},
+               {"options",     "somaxconn",            "has been moved to <performance:somaxconn> as of 1.2a3"},
+               {"options",     "netbuffersize",        "has been moved to <performance:netbuffersize> as of 1.2a3"},
+               {"options",     "maxwho",               "has been moved to <performance:maxwho> as of 1.2a3"},
+               {"options",     "loglevel",             "1.2 does not use the loglevel value. Please define <log> tags instead."},
+               {NULL,          NULL,                   NULL}
+       };
 
        /* These tags can occur ONCE or not at all */
        InitialConfig Values[] = {
-               {"options",     "softlimit",    MAXCLIENTS_S,           new ValueContainerUInt (&this->SoftLimit),              DT_INTEGER, ValidateSoftLimit},
-               {"options",     "somaxconn",    SOMAXCONN_S,            new ValueContainerInt  (&this->MaxConn),                DT_INTEGER, ValidateMaxConn},
-               {"options",     "moronbanner",  "Youre banned!",        new ValueContainerChar (this->MoronBanner),             DT_CHARPTR, NoValidation},
-               {"server",      "name",         "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->ServerName),              DT_CHARPTR, ValidateServerName},
-               {"server",      "description",  "Configure Me",         new ValueContainerChar (this->ServerDesc),              DT_CHARPTR, NoValidation},
-               {"server",      "network",      "Network",              new ValueContainerChar (this->Network),                 DT_CHARPTR, NoValidation},
-               {"server",      "id",           "0",                    new ValueContainerInt  (&this->sid),                    DT_INTEGER, ValidateSID},
-               {"admin",       "name",         "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->AdminName),               DT_CHARPTR, NoValidation},
-               {"admin",       "email",        "Mis@configu.red",      new ValueContainerChar (this->AdminEmail),              DT_CHARPTR, NoValidation},
-               {"admin",       "nick",         "Misconfigured",        new ValueContainerChar (this->AdminNick),               DT_CHARPTR, NoValidation},
-               {"files",       "motd",         "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->motd),                    DT_CHARPTR, ValidateMotd},
-               {"files",       "rules",        "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->rules),                   DT_CHARPTR, ValidateRules},
-               {"power",       "diepass",      "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->diepass),                 DT_CHARPTR, ValidateNotEmpty},
-               {"power",       "pause",        "",                     new ValueContainerInt  (&this->DieDelay),               DT_INTEGER, NoValidation},
-               {"power",       "restartpass",  "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->restartpass),             DT_CHARPTR, ValidateNotEmpty},
-               {"options",     "prefixquit",   "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->PrefixQuit),              DT_CHARPTR, NoValidation},
-               {"options",     "suffixquit",   "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->SuffixQuit),              DT_CHARPTR, NoValidation},
-               {"options",     "fixedquit",    "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->FixedQuit),               DT_CHARPTR, NoValidation},
-               {"options",     "loglevel",     "default",              new ValueContainerChar (debug),                         DT_CHARPTR, ValidateLogLevel},
-               {"options",     "netbuffersize","10240",                new ValueContainerInt  (&this->NetBufferSize),          DT_INTEGER, ValidateNetBufferSize},
-               {"options",     "maxwho",       "128",                  new ValueContainerInt  (&this->MaxWhoResults),          DT_INTEGER, ValidateMaxWho},
-               {"options",     "allowhalfop",  "0",                    new ValueContainerBool (&this->AllowHalfop),            DT_BOOLEAN, NoValidation},
-               {"dns",         "server",       "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->DNSServer),               DT_CHARPTR, DNSServerValidator},
-               {"dns",         "timeout",      "5",                    new ValueContainerInt  (&this->dns_timeout),            DT_INTEGER, NoValidation},
-               {"options",     "moduledir",    MOD_PATH,               new ValueContainerChar (this->ModPath),                 DT_CHARPTR, NoValidation},
-               {"disabled",    "commands",     "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->DisabledCommands),        DT_CHARPTR, NoValidation},
-               {"options",     "userstats",    "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->UserStats),               DT_CHARPTR, NoValidation},
-               {"options",     "customversion","",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->CustomVersion),           DT_CHARPTR, NoValidation},
-               {"options",     "hidesplits",   "0",                    new ValueContainerBool (&this->HideSplits),             DT_BOOLEAN, NoValidation},
-               {"options",     "hidebans",     "0",                    new ValueContainerBool (&this->HideBans),               DT_BOOLEAN, NoValidation},
-               {"options",     "hidewhois",    "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->HideWhoisServer),         DT_CHARPTR, NoValidation},
-               {"options",     "hidekills",    "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->HideKillsServer),         DT_CHARPTR, NoValidation},
-               {"options",     "operspywhois", "0",                    new ValueContainerBool (&this->OperSpyWhois),           DT_BOOLEAN, NoValidation},
-               {"options",     "nouserdns",    "0",                    new ValueContainerBool (&this->NoUserDns),              DT_BOOLEAN, NoValidation},
-               {"options",     "syntaxhints",  "0",                    new ValueContainerBool (&this->SyntaxHints),            DT_BOOLEAN, NoValidation},
-               {"options",     "cyclehosts",   "0",                    new ValueContainerBool (&this->CycleHosts),             DT_BOOLEAN, NoValidation},
-               {"options",     "ircumsgprefix","0",                    new ValueContainerBool (&this->UndernetMsgPrefix),      DT_BOOLEAN, NoValidation},
-               {"options",     "announceinvites", "1",                 new ValueContainerChar (announceinvites),               DT_CHARPTR, ValidateInvite},
-               {"options",     "hostintopic",  "1",                    new ValueContainerBool (&this->FullHostInTopic),        DT_BOOLEAN, NoValidation},
-               {"options",     "hidemodes",    "",                     new ValueContainerChar (hidemodes),                     DT_CHARPTR, ValidateModeLists},
-               {"options",     "exemptchanops","",                     new ValueContainerChar (exemptchanops),                 DT_CHARPTR, ValidateExemptChanOps},
-               {"options",     "maxtargets",   "20",                   new ValueContainerUInt (&this->MaxTargets),             DT_INTEGER, ValidateMaxTargets},
-               {"options",     "defaultmodes", "nt",                   new ValueContainerChar (this->DefaultModes),            DT_CHARPTR, NoValidation},
-               {"pid",         "file",         "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->PID),                     DT_CHARPTR, NoValidation},
-               {"whowas",      "groupsize",    "10",                   new ValueContainerInt  (&this->WhoWasGroupSize),        DT_INTEGER, NoValidation},
-               {"whowas",      "maxgroups",    "10240",                new ValueContainerInt  (&this->WhoWasMaxGroups),        DT_INTEGER, NoValidation},
-               {"whowas",      "maxkeep",      "3600",                 new ValueContainerChar (maxkeep),                       DT_CHARPTR, ValidateWhoWas},
-               {"die",         "value",        "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->DieValue),                DT_CHARPTR, NoValidation},
-               {"channels",    "users",        "20",                   new ValueContainerUInt (&this->MaxChans),               DT_INTEGER, NoValidation},
-               {"channels",    "opers",        "60",                   new ValueContainerUInt (&this->OperMaxChans),           DT_INTEGER, NoValidation},
-               {NULL,          NULL,           NULL,                   NULL,                                                   DT_NOTHING, NoValidation}
+               {"performance", "softlimit",    "0",                    new ValueContainerUInt (&this->SoftLimit),              DT_INTEGER,  ValidateSoftLimit},
+               {"performance", "somaxconn",    SOMAXCONN_S,            new ValueContainerInt  (&this->MaxConn),                DT_INTEGER,  ValidateMaxConn},
+               {"options",     "moronbanner",  "Youre banned!",        new ValueContainerChar (this->MoronBanner),             DT_CHARPTR,  NoValidation},
+               {"server",      "name",         "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->ServerName),              DT_HOSTNAME, ValidateServerName},
+               {"server",      "description",  "Configure Me",         new ValueContainerChar (this->ServerDesc),              DT_CHARPTR,  NoValidation},
+               {"server",      "network",      "Network",              new ValueContainerChar (this->Network),                 DT_NOSPACES, NoValidation},
+               {"server",      "id",           "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->sid),                     DT_CHARPTR,  ValidateSID},
+               {"admin",       "name",         "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->AdminName),               DT_CHARPTR,  NoValidation},
+               {"admin",       "email",        "Mis@configu.red",      new ValueContainerChar (this->AdminEmail),              DT_CHARPTR,  NoValidation},
+               {"admin",       "nick",         "Misconfigured",        new ValueContainerChar (this->AdminNick),               DT_CHARPTR,  NoValidation},
+               {"files",       "motd",         "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->motd),                    DT_CHARPTR,  ValidateMotd},
+               {"files",       "rules",        "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->rules),                   DT_CHARPTR,  ValidateRules},
+               {"power",       "diepass",      "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->diepass),                 DT_CHARPTR,  ValidateNotEmpty},
+               {"power",       "pause",        "",                     new ValueContainerInt  (&this->DieDelay),               DT_INTEGER,  NoValidation},
+               {"power",       "hash",         "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->powerhash),               DT_CHARPTR,  NoValidation},
+               {"power",       "restartpass",  "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->restartpass),             DT_CHARPTR,  ValidateNotEmpty},
+               {"options",     "prefixquit",   "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->PrefixQuit),              DT_CHARPTR,  NoValidation},
+               {"options",     "suffixquit",   "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->SuffixQuit),              DT_CHARPTR,  NoValidation},
+               {"options",     "fixedquit",    "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->FixedQuit),               DT_CHARPTR,  NoValidation},
+               {"options",     "prefixpart",   "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->PrefixPart),              DT_CHARPTR,  NoValidation},
+               {"options",     "suffixpart",   "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->SuffixPart),              DT_CHARPTR,  NoValidation},
+               {"options",     "fixedpart",    "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->FixedPart),               DT_CHARPTR,  NoValidation},
+               {"performance", "netbuffersize","10240",                new ValueContainerInt  (&this->NetBufferSize),          DT_INTEGER,  ValidateNetBufferSize},
+               {"performance", "maxwho",       "128",                  new ValueContainerInt  (&this->MaxWhoResults),          DT_INTEGER,  ValidateMaxWho},
+               {"options",     "allowhalfop",  "0",                    new ValueContainerBool (&this->AllowHalfop),            DT_BOOLEAN,  ValidateHalfOp},
+               {"dns",         "server",       "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->DNSServer),               DT_IPADDRESS,DNSServerValidator},
+               {"dns",         "timeout",      "5",                    new ValueContainerInt  (&this->dns_timeout),            DT_INTEGER,  NoValidation},
+               {"options",     "moduledir",    MOD_PATH,               new ValueContainerChar (this->ModPath),                 DT_CHARPTR,  NoValidation},
+               {"disabled",    "commands",     "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->DisabledCommands),        DT_CHARPTR,  NoValidation},
+               {"disabled",    "usermodes",    "",                     new ValueContainerChar (disabledumodes),                DT_CHARPTR,  ValidateDisabledUModes},
+               {"disabled",    "chanmodes",    "",                     new ValueContainerChar (disabledcmodes),                DT_CHARPTR,  ValidateDisabledCModes},
+               {"disabled",    "fakenonexistant",      "0",            new ValueContainerBool (&this->DisabledDontExist),              DT_BOOLEAN,  NoValidation},
+
+               {"security",            "runasuser",    "",             new ValueContainerChar(this->SetUser),                          DT_CHARPTR, NoValidation},
+               {"security",            "runasgroup",   "",             new ValueContainerChar(this->SetGroup),                         DT_CHARPTR, NoValidation},
+               {"security",    "userstats",    "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->UserStats),               DT_CHARPTR,  NoValidation},
+               {"security",    "customversion","",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->CustomVersion),           DT_CHARPTR,  NoValidation},
+               {"security",    "hidesplits",   "0",                    new ValueContainerBool (&this->HideSplits),             DT_BOOLEAN,  NoValidation},
+               {"security",    "hidebans",     "0",                    new ValueContainerBool (&this->HideBans),               DT_BOOLEAN,  NoValidation},
+               {"security",    "hidewhois",    "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->HideWhoisServer),         DT_NOSPACES, NoValidation},
+               {"security",    "hidekills",    "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->HideKillsServer),         DT_NOSPACES,  NoValidation},
+               {"security",    "operspywhois", "0",                    new ValueContainerBool (&this->OperSpyWhois),           DT_BOOLEAN,  NoValidation},
+               {"security",    "restrictbannedusers",  "1",            new ValueContainerBool (&this->RestrictBannedUsers),            DT_BOOLEAN,  NoValidation},
+               {"security",    "genericoper",  "0",                    new ValueContainerBool (&this->GenericOper),            DT_BOOLEAN,  NoValidation},
+               {"performance", "nouserdns",    "0",                    new ValueContainerBool (&this->NoUserDns),              DT_BOOLEAN,  NoValidation},
+               {"options",     "syntaxhints",  "0",                    new ValueContainerBool (&this->SyntaxHints),            DT_BOOLEAN,  NoValidation},
+               {"options",     "cyclehosts",   "0",                    new ValueContainerBool (&this->CycleHosts),             DT_BOOLEAN,  NoValidation},
+               {"options",     "ircumsgprefix","0",                    new ValueContainerBool (&this->UndernetMsgPrefix),      DT_BOOLEAN,  NoValidation},
+               {"security",    "announceinvites", "1",                 new ValueContainerChar (announceinvites),               DT_CHARPTR,  ValidateInvite},
+               {"options",     "hostintopic",  "1",                    new ValueContainerBool (&this->FullHostInTopic),        DT_BOOLEAN,  NoValidation},
+               {"security",    "hidemodes",    "",                     new ValueContainerChar (hidemodes),                     DT_CHARPTR,  ValidateModeLists},
+               {"options",     "exemptchanops","",                     new ValueContainerChar (exemptchanops),                 DT_CHARPTR,  ValidateExemptChanOps},
+               {"security",    "maxtargets",   "20",                   new ValueContainerUInt (&this->MaxTargets),             DT_INTEGER,  ValidateMaxTargets},
+               {"options",     "defaultmodes", "nt",                   new ValueContainerChar (this->DefaultModes),            DT_CHARPTR,  NoValidation},
+               {"pid",         "file",         "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->PID),                     DT_CHARPTR,  NoValidation},
+               {"whowas",      "groupsize",    "10",                   new ValueContainerInt  (&this->WhoWasGroupSize),        DT_INTEGER,  NoValidation},
+               {"whowas",      "maxgroups",    "10240",                new ValueContainerInt  (&this->WhoWasMaxGroups),        DT_INTEGER,  NoValidation},
+               {"whowas",      "maxkeep",      "3600",                 new ValueContainerChar (maxkeep),                       DT_CHARPTR,  ValidateWhoWas},
+               {"die",         "value",        "",                     new ValueContainerChar (this->DieValue),                DT_CHARPTR,  NoValidation},
+               {"channels",    "users",        "20",                   new ValueContainerUInt (&this->MaxChans),               DT_INTEGER,  NoValidation},
+               {"channels",    "opers",        "60",                   new ValueContainerUInt (&this->OperMaxChans),           DT_INTEGER,  NoValidation},
+               {"cidr",        "ipv4clone",    "32",                   new ValueContainerInt (&this->c_ipv4_range),            DT_INTEGER,  NoValidation},
+               {"cidr",        "ipv6clone",    "128",                  new ValueContainerInt (&this->c_ipv6_range),            DT_INTEGER,  NoValidation},
+               {"limits",      "maxnick",      "32",                   new ValueContainerST (&this->Limits.NickMax),           DT_INTEGER,  NoValidation},
+               {"limits",      "maxchan",      "64",                   new ValueContainerST (&this->Limits.ChanMax),           DT_INTEGER,  NoValidation},
+               {"limits",      "maxmodes",     "20",                   new ValueContainerST (&this->Limits.MaxModes),          DT_INTEGER,  NoValidation},
+               {"limits",      "maxident",     "11",                   new ValueContainerST (&this->Limits.IdentMax),          DT_INTEGER,  NoValidation},
+               {"limits",      "maxquit",      "255",                  new ValueContainerST (&this->Limits.MaxQuit),           DT_INTEGER,  NoValidation},
+               {"limits",      "maxtopic",     "307",                  new ValueContainerST (&this->Limits.MaxTopic),          DT_INTEGER,  NoValidation},
+               {"limits",      "maxkick",      "255",                  new ValueContainerST (&this->Limits.MaxKick),           DT_INTEGER,  NoValidation},
+               {"limits",      "maxgecos",     "128",                  new ValueContainerST (&this->Limits.MaxGecos),          DT_INTEGER,  NoValidation},
+               {"limits",      "maxaway",      "200",                  new ValueContainerST (&this->Limits.MaxAway),           DT_INTEGER,  NoValidation},
+               {"options",     "invitebypassmodes",    "1",                    new ValueContainerBool (&this->InvBypassModes),         DT_BOOLEAN,  NoValidation},
+               {NULL,          NULL,           NULL,                   NULL,                                                   DT_NOTHING,  NoValidation}
        };
 
+
        /* These tags can occur multiple times, and therefore they have special code to read them
         * which is different to the code for reading the singular tags listed above.
         */
        MultiConfig MultiValues[] = {
 
                {"connect",
-                               {"allow",       "deny",         "password",     "timeout",      "pingfreq",     "flood",
-                               "threshold",    "sendq",        "recvq",        "localmax",     "globalmax",    "port",
-                               "name",         "parent",       "maxchans",
+                               {"allow",       "deny",         "password",     "timeout",      "pingfreq",
+                               "sendq",        "recvq",        "localmax",     "globalmax",    "port",
+                               "name",         "parent",       "maxchans",     "limit",        "hash",
                                NULL},
-                               {"",            "",             "",             "",             "120",          "",
-                                "",            "",             "",             "3",            "3",            "0",
-                                "",            "",             "0",
+                               {"",            "",                             "",                     "",                     "120",
+                                "",            "",                             "3",            "3",            "0",
+                                "",            "",                             "0",        "0",                "",
                                 NULL},
-                               {DT_CHARPTR,    DT_CHARPTR,     DT_CHARPTR,     DT_INTEGER,     DT_INTEGER,     DT_INTEGER,
-                                DT_INTEGER,    DT_INTEGER,     DT_INTEGER,     DT_INTEGER,     DT_INTEGER,     DT_INTEGER,
-                                DT_CHARPTR,    DT_CHARPTR,     DT_INTEGER},
+                               {DT_IPADDRESS|DT_ALLOW_WILD, DT_IPADDRESS|DT_ALLOW_WILD, DT_CHARPTR,    DT_INTEGER,     DT_INTEGER,
+                               DT_INTEGER,     DT_INTEGER,     DT_INTEGER,     DT_INTEGER,     DT_INTEGER,
+                               DT_NOSPACES,    DT_NOSPACES,    DT_INTEGER,     DT_INTEGER,     DT_CHARPTR},
                                InitConnect, DoConnect, DoneConnect},
 
                {"uline",
                                {"server",      "silent",       NULL},
                                {"",            "0",            NULL},
-                               {DT_CHARPTR,    DT_BOOLEAN},
+                               {DT_HOSTNAME,   DT_BOOLEAN},
                                InitULine,DoULine,DoneULine},
 
                {"banlist",
@@ -752,20 +871,20 @@ void ServerConfig::Read(bool bail, User* user)
                {"badip",
                                {"reason",      "ipmask",       NULL},
                                {"No reason",   "",             NULL},
-                               {DT_CHARPTR,    DT_CHARPTR},
-                               InitXLine, DoZLine, DoneZLine},
+                               {DT_CHARPTR,    DT_IPADDRESS|DT_ALLOW_WILD},
+                               InitXLine, DoZLine, DoneConfItem},
 
                {"badnick",
                                {"reason",      "nick",         NULL},
                                {"No reason",   "",             NULL},
                                {DT_CHARPTR,    DT_CHARPTR},
-                               InitXLine, DoQLine, DoneQLine},
+                               InitXLine, DoQLine, DoneConfItem},
 
                {"badhost",
                                {"reason",      "host",         NULL},
                                {"No reason",   "",             NULL},
                                {DT_CHARPTR,    DT_CHARPTR},
-                               InitXLine, DoKLine, DoneKLine},
+                               InitXLine, DoKLine, DoneConfItem},
 
                {"exception",
                                {"reason",      "host",         NULL},
@@ -776,13 +895,13 @@ void ServerConfig::Read(bool bail, User* user)
                {"type",
                                {"name",        "classes",      NULL},
                                {"",            "",             NULL},
-                               {DT_CHARPTR,    DT_CHARPTR},
+                               {DT_NOSPACES,   DT_CHARPTR},
                                InitTypes, DoType, DoneClassesAndTypes},
 
                {"class",
-                               {"name",        "commands",     NULL},
-                               {"",            "",             NULL},
-                               {DT_CHARPTR,    DT_CHARPTR},
+                               {"name",        "commands",     "usermodes",    "chanmodes",    "privs",        NULL},
+                               {"",            "",                             "",                             "",                     "",                     NULL},
+                               {DT_NOSPACES,   DT_CHARPTR,     DT_CHARPTR,     DT_CHARPTR, DT_CHARPTR},
                                InitClasses, DoClass, DoneClassesAndTypes},
 
                {NULL,
@@ -792,21 +911,11 @@ void ServerConfig::Read(bool bail, User* user)
                                NULL, NULL, NULL}
        };
 
-       include_stack.clear();
-
        /* Load and parse the config file, if there are any errors then explode */
 
-       /* Make a copy here so if it fails then we can carry on running with an unaffected config */
-       ConfigDataHash newconfig;
-
-       if (this->LoadConf(newconfig, ServerInstance->ConfigFileName, errstr))
+       if (!this->DoInclude(ServerInstance->ConfigFileName))
        {
-               /* If we succeeded, set the ircd config to the new one */
-               this->config_data = newconfig;
-       }
-       else
-       {
-               ReportConfigError(errstr.str(), bail, user);
+               valid = false;
                return;
        }
 
@@ -819,23 +928,64 @@ void ServerConfig::Read(bool bail, User* user)
                        if (!CheckOnce(Once[Index]))
                                return;
 
+               for (int Index = 0; ChangedConfig[Index].tag; Index++)
+               {
+                       char item[MAXBUF];
+                       *item = 0;
+                       if (ConfValue(ChangedConfig[Index].tag, ChangedConfig[Index].value, "", 0, item, MAXBUF, true) || *item)
+                               throw CoreException(std::string("Your configuration contains a deprecated value: <") + ChangedConfig[Index].tag + ":" + ChangedConfig[Index].value + "> - " + ChangedConfig[Index].reason);
+               }
+
                /* Read the values of all the tags which occur once or not at all, and call their callbacks.
                 */
-               for (int Index = 0; Values[Index].tag; Index++)
+               for (int Index = 0; Values[Index].tag; ++Index)
                {
                        char item[MAXBUF];
                        int dt = Values[Index].datatype;
-                       bool allow_newlines =  ((dt & DT_ALLOW_NEWLINE) > 0);
+                       bool allow_newlines = ((dt & DT_ALLOW_NEWLINE) > 0);
+                       bool allow_wild = ((dt & DT_ALLOW_WILD) > 0);
                        dt &= ~DT_ALLOW_NEWLINE;
+                       dt &= ~DT_ALLOW_WILD;
 
-                       ConfValue(this->config_data, Values[Index].tag, Values[Index].value, Values[Index].default_value, 0, item, MAXBUF, allow_newlines);
+                       ConfValue(Values[Index].tag, Values[Index].value, Values[Index].default_value, 0, item, MAXBUF, allow_newlines);
                        ValueItem vi(item);
 
                        if (!Values[Index].validation_function(this, Values[Index].tag, Values[Index].value, vi))
                                throw CoreException("One or more values in your configuration file failed to validate. Please see your ircd.log for more information.");
 
-                       switch (Values[Index].datatype)
+                       switch (dt)
                        {
+                               case DT_NOSPACES:
+                               {
+                                       ValueContainerChar* vcc = (ValueContainerChar*)Values[Index].val;
+                                       this->ValidateNoSpaces(vi.GetString(), Values[Index].tag, Values[Index].value);
+                                       vcc->Set(vi.GetString(), strlen(vi.GetString()) + 1);
+                               }
+                               break;
+                               case DT_HOSTNAME:
+                               {
+                                       ValueContainerChar* vcc = (ValueContainerChar*)Values[Index].val;
+                                       this->ValidateHostname(vi.GetString(), Values[Index].tag, Values[Index].value);
+                                       vcc->Set(vi.GetString(), strlen(vi.GetString()) + 1);
+                               }
+                               break;
+                               case DT_IPADDRESS:
+                               {
+                                       ValueContainerChar* vcc = (ValueContainerChar*)Values[Index].val;
+                                       this->ValidateIP(vi.GetString(), Values[Index].tag, Values[Index].value, allow_wild);
+                                       vcc->Set(vi.GetString(), strlen(vi.GetString()) + 1);
+                               }
+                               break;
+                               case DT_CHANNEL:
+                               {
+                                       ValueContainerChar* vcc = (ValueContainerChar*)Values[Index].val;
+                                       if (*(vi.GetString()) && !ServerInstance->IsChannel(vi.GetString(), MAXBUF))
+                                       {
+                                               throw CoreException("The value of <"+std::string(Values[Index].tag)+":"+Values[Index].value+"> is not a valid channel name");
+                                       }
+                                       vcc->Set(vi.GetString(), strlen(vi.GetString()) + 1);
+                               }
+                               break;
                                case DT_CHARPTR:
                                {
                                        ValueContainerChar* vcc = (ValueContainerChar*)Values[Index].val;
@@ -861,7 +1011,6 @@ void ServerConfig::Read(bool bail, User* user)
                                        /* You don't want to know what happens if someones bad code sends us here. */
                                break;
                        }
-
                        /* We're done with this now */
                        delete Values[Index].val;
                }
@@ -870,176 +1019,286 @@ void ServerConfig::Read(bool bail, User* user)
                 * and call the callbacks associated with them. We have three
                 * callbacks for these, a 'start', 'item' and 'end' callback.
                 */
-               for (int Index = 0; MultiValues[Index].tag; Index++)
+               for (int Index = 0; MultiValues[Index].tag; ++Index)
                {
                        MultiValues[Index].init_function(this, MultiValues[Index].tag);
 
-                       int number_of_tags = ConfValueEnum(this->config_data, MultiValues[Index].tag);
+                       int number_of_tags = ConfValueEnum(MultiValues[Index].tag);
 
-                       for (int tagnum = 0; tagnum < number_of_tags; tagnum++)
+                       for (int tagnum = 0; tagnum < number_of_tags; ++tagnum)
                        {
                                ValueList vl;
-                               for (int valuenum = 0; MultiValues[Index].items[valuenum]; valuenum++)
+                               for (int valuenum = 0; (MultiValues[Index].items[valuenum]) && (valuenum < MAX_VALUES_PER_TAG); ++valuenum)
                                {
                                        int dt = MultiValues[Index].datatype[valuenum];
                                        bool allow_newlines =  ((dt & DT_ALLOW_NEWLINE) > 0);
+                                       bool allow_wild = ((dt & DT_ALLOW_WILD) > 0);
                                        dt &= ~DT_ALLOW_NEWLINE;
+                                       dt &= ~DT_ALLOW_WILD;
 
-                                       switch (dt)
+                                       /* We catch and rethrow any exception here just so we can free our mutex
+                                        */
+                                       try
                                        {
-                                               case DT_CHARPTR:
-                                               {
-                                                       char item[MAXBUF];
-                                                       if (ConfValue(this->config_data, MultiValues[Index].tag, MultiValues[Index].items[valuenum], MultiValues[Index].items_default[valuenum], tagnum, item, MAXBUF, allow_newlines))
-                                                               vl.push_back(ValueItem(item));
-                                                       else
-                                                               vl.push_back(ValueItem(""));
-                                               }
-                                               break;
-                                               case DT_INTEGER:
+                                               switch (dt)
                                                {
-                                                       int item = 0;
-                                                       if (ConfValueInteger(this->config_data, MultiValues[Index].tag, MultiValues[Index].items[valuenum], MultiValues[Index].items_default[valuenum], tagnum, item))
+                                                       case DT_NOSPACES:
+                                                       {
+                                                               char item[MAXBUF];
+                                                               if (ConfValue(MultiValues[Index].tag, MultiValues[Index].items[valuenum], MultiValues[Index].items_default[valuenum], tagnum, item, MAXBUF, allow_newlines))
+                                                                       vl.push_back(ValueItem(item));
+                                                               else
+                                                                       vl.push_back(ValueItem(""));
+                                                               this->ValidateNoSpaces(vl[vl.size()-1].GetString(), MultiValues[Index].tag, MultiValues[Index].items[valuenum]);
+                                                       }
+                                                       break;
+                                                       case DT_HOSTNAME:
+                                                       {
+                                                               char item[MAXBUF];
+                                                               if (ConfValue(MultiValues[Index].tag, MultiValues[Index].items[valuenum], MultiValues[Index].items_default[valuenum], tagnum, item, MAXBUF, allow_newlines))
+                                                                       vl.push_back(ValueItem(item));
+                                                               else
+                                                                       vl.push_back(ValueItem(""));
+                                                               this->ValidateHostname(vl[vl.size()-1].GetString(), MultiValues[Index].tag, MultiValues[Index].items[valuenum]);
+                                                       }
+                                                       break;
+                                                       case DT_IPADDRESS:
+                                                       {
+                                                               char item[MAXBUF];
+                                                               if (ConfValue(MultiValues[Index].tag, MultiValues[Index].items[valuenum], MultiValues[Index].items_default[valuenum], tagnum, item, MAXBUF, allow_newlines))
+                                                                       vl.push_back(ValueItem(item));
+                                                               else
+                                                                       vl.push_back(ValueItem(""));
+                                                               this->ValidateIP(vl[vl.size()-1].GetString(), MultiValues[Index].tag, MultiValues[Index].items[valuenum], allow_wild);
+                                                       }
+                                                       break;
+                                                       case DT_CHANNEL:
+                                                       {
+                                                               char item[MAXBUF];
+                                                               if (ConfValue(MultiValues[Index].tag, MultiValues[Index].items[valuenum], MultiValues[Index].items_default[valuenum], tagnum, item, MAXBUF, allow_newlines))
+                                                                       vl.push_back(ValueItem(item));
+                                                               else
+                                                                       vl.push_back(ValueItem(""));
+                                                               if (!ServerInstance->IsChannel(vl[vl.size()-1].GetString(), MAXBUF))
+                                                                       throw CoreException("The value of <"+std::string(MultiValues[Index].tag)+":"+MultiValues[Index].items[valuenum]+"> number "+ConvToStr(tagnum + 1)+" is not a valid channel name");
+                                                       }
+                                                       break;
+                                                       case DT_CHARPTR:
+                                                       {
+                                                               char item[MAXBUF];
+                                                               if (ConfValue(MultiValues[Index].tag, MultiValues[Index].items[valuenum], MultiValues[Index].items_default[valuenum], tagnum, item, MAXBUF, allow_newlines))
+                                                                       vl.push_back(ValueItem(item));
+                                                               else
+                                                                       vl.push_back(ValueItem(""));
+                                                       }
+                                                       break;
+                                                       case DT_INTEGER:
+                                                       {
+                                                               int item = 0;
+                                                               if (ConfValueInteger(MultiValues[Index].tag, MultiValues[Index].items[valuenum], MultiValues[Index].items_default[valuenum], tagnum, item))
+                                                                       vl.push_back(ValueItem(item));
+                                                               else
+                                                                       vl.push_back(ValueItem(0));
+                                                       }
+                                                       break;
+                                                       case DT_BOOLEAN:
+                                                       {
+                                                               bool item = ConfValueBool(MultiValues[Index].tag, MultiValues[Index].items[valuenum], MultiValues[Index].items_default[valuenum], tagnum);
                                                                vl.push_back(ValueItem(item));
-                                                       else
-                                                               vl.push_back(ValueItem(0));
-                                               }
-                                               break;
-                                               case DT_BOOLEAN:
-                                               {
-                                                       bool item = ConfValueBool(this->config_data, MultiValues[Index].tag, MultiValues[Index].items[valuenum], MultiValues[Index].items_default[valuenum], tagnum);
-                                                       vl.push_back(ValueItem(item));
+                                                       }
+                                                       break;
+                                                       default:
+                                                               /* Someone was smoking craq if we got here, and we're all gonna die. */
+                                                       break;
                                                }
-                                               break;
-                                               default:
-                                                       /* Someone was smoking craq if we got here, and we're all gonna die. */
-                                               break;
+                                       }
+                                       catch (CoreException &e)
+                                       {
+                                               throw e;
                                        }
                                }
-
                                MultiValues[Index].validation_function(this, MultiValues[Index].tag, (char**)MultiValues[Index].items, vl, MultiValues[Index].datatype);
                        }
-
                        MultiValues[Index].finish_function(this, MultiValues[Index].tag);
                }
 
+               /* Finalise the limits, increment them all by one so that we can just put assign(str, 0, val)
+                * rather than assign(str, 0, val + 1)
+                */
+               Limits.Finalise();
+
        }
 
        catch (CoreException &ce)
        {
-               ReportConfigError(ce.GetReason(), bail, user);
+               errstr << ce.GetReason();
+               valid = false;
                return;
        }
 
+       for (int i = 0; i < ConfValueEnum("type"); ++i)
+       {
+               char item[MAXBUF], classn[MAXBUF], classes[MAXBUF];
+               std::string classname;
+               ConfValue("type", "classes", "", i, classes, MAXBUF, false);
+               irc::spacesepstream str(classes);
+               ConfValue("type", "name", "", i, item, MAXBUF, false);
+               while (str.GetToken(classname))
+               {
+                       std::string lost;
+                       bool foundclass = false;
+                       for (int j = 0; j < ConfValueEnum("class"); ++j)
+                       {
+                               ConfValue("class", "name", "", j, classn, MAXBUF, false);
+                               if (!strcmp(classn, classname.c_str()))
+                               {
+                                       foundclass = true;
+                                       break;
+                               }
+                       }
+                       if (!foundclass)
+                       {
+                               char msg[MAXBUF];
+                               snprintf(msg, MAXBUF, " Warning: Oper type '%s' has a missing class named '%s', this does nothing!\n",
+                                       item, classname.c_str());
+                               errstr << msg;
+                       }
+               }
+       }
+
+}
+
+void ServerConfig::Apply(ServerConfig* old, const std::string &useruid)
+{
+       int rem = 0, add = 0;
        // write once here, to try it out and make sure its ok
        ServerInstance->WritePID(this->PID);
 
-       ServerInstance->Log(DEFAULT,"Done reading configuration file.");
+       FailedPortList pl;
+       ServerInstance->BindPorts(pl);
 
-       /* If we're rehashing, let's load any new modules, and unload old ones
-        */
-       if (!bail)
+       if (pl.size())
        {
-               int found_ports = 0;
-               FailedPortList pl;
-               ServerInstance->BindPorts(false, found_ports, pl);
+               errstr << "Not all your client ports could be bound.\nThe following port(s) failed to bind:\n";
 
-               if (pl.size() && user)
+               int j = 1;
+               for (FailedPortList::iterator i = pl.begin(); i != pl.end(); i++, j++)
                {
-                       user->WriteServ("NOTICE %s :*** Not all your client ports could be bound.", user->nick);
-                       user->WriteServ("NOTICE %s :*** The following port(s) failed to bind:", user->nick);
-                       int j = 1;
-                       for (FailedPortList::iterator i = pl.begin(); i != pl.end(); i++, j++)
-                       {
-                               user->WriteServ("NOTICE %s :*** %d.   IP: %s     Port: %lu", user->nick, j, i->first.empty() ? "<all>" : i->first.c_str(), (unsigned long)i->second);
-                       }
+                       char buf[MAXBUF];
+                       snprintf(buf, MAXBUF, "%d.   Address: %s   Reason: %s\n", j, i->first.empty() ? "<all>" : i->first.c_str(), i->second.c_str());
+                       errstr << buf;
                }
+       }
 
-               if (!removed_modules.empty())
+       User* user = useruid.empty() ? NULL : ServerInstance->FindNick(useruid);
+
+       while (errstr.good())
+       {
+               std::string line;
+               getline(errstr, line, '\n');
+               if (user)
+                       user->WriteServ("NOTICE %s :*** %s", user->nick.c_str(), line.c_str());
+               else
+                       ServerInstance->SNO->WriteGlobalSno('a', line);
+       }
+
+       errstr.clear();
+       errstr.str().clear();
+
+       /* No old configuration -> initial boot, nothing more to do here */
+       if (!old)
+               return;
+       
+       /*
+        * These values can only be set on boot. Keep their old values.
+        */
+       memcpy(this->ServerName, old->ServerName, sizeof(this->ServerName));
+       memcpy(this->sid, old->sid, sizeof(this->sid));
+
+       if (!removed_modules.empty())
+       {
+               for (std::vector<std::string>::iterator removing = removed_modules.begin(); removing != removed_modules.end(); removing++)
                {
-                       for (std::vector<std::string>::iterator removing = removed_modules.begin(); removing != removed_modules.end(); removing++)
+                       if (ServerInstance->Modules->Unload(removing->c_str()))
                        {
-                               if (ServerInstance->Modules->Unload(removing->c_str()))
-                               {
-                                       ServerInstance->WriteOpers("*** REHASH UNLOADED MODULE: %s",removing->c_str());
+                               ServerInstance->SNO->WriteToSnoMask('a', "*** REHASH UNLOADED MODULE: %s",removing->c_str());
 
-                                       if (user)
-                                               user->WriteServ("973 %s %s :Module %s successfully unloaded.",user->nick, removing->c_str(), removing->c_str());
+                               if (user)
+                                       user->WriteNumeric(RPL_UNLOADEDMODULE, "%s %s :Module %s successfully unloaded.",user->nick.c_str(), removing->c_str(), removing->c_str());
+                               else
+                                       ServerInstance->SNO->WriteToSnoMask('a', "Module %s successfully unloaded.", removing->c_str());
 
-                                       rem++;
-                               }
+                               rem++;
+                       }
+                       else
+                       {
+                               if (user)
+                                       user->WriteNumeric(ERR_CANTUNLOADMODULE, "%s %s :Failed to unload module %s: %s",user->nick.c_str(), removing->c_str(), removing->c_str(), ServerInstance->Modules->LastError().c_str());
                                else
-                               {
-                                       if (user)
-                                               user->WriteServ("972 %s %s :Failed to unload module %s: %s",user->nick, removing->c_str(), removing->c_str(), ServerInstance->Modules->LastError());
-                               }
+                                        ServerInstance->SNO->WriteToSnoMask('a', "Failed to unload module %s: %s", removing->c_str(), ServerInstance->Modules->LastError().c_str());
                        }
                }
+       }
 
-               if (!added_modules.empty())
+       if (!added_modules.empty())
+       {
+               for (std::vector<std::string>::iterator adding = added_modules.begin(); adding != added_modules.end(); adding++)
                {
-                       for (std::vector<std::string>::iterator adding = added_modules.begin(); adding != added_modules.end(); adding++)
+                       if (ServerInstance->Modules->Load(adding->c_str()))
                        {
-                               if (ServerInstance->Modules->Load(adding->c_str()))
-                               {
-                                       ServerInstance->WriteOpers("*** REHASH LOADED MODULE: %s",adding->c_str());
-
-                                       if (user)
-                                               user->WriteServ("975 %s %s :Module %s successfully loaded.",user->nick, adding->c_str(), adding->c_str());
+                               ServerInstance->SNO->WriteToSnoMask('a', "*** REHASH LOADED MODULE: %s",adding->c_str());
+                               if (user)
+                                       user->WriteNumeric(RPL_LOADEDMODULE, "%s %s :Module %s successfully loaded.",user->nick.c_str(), adding->c_str(), adding->c_str());
+                               else
+                                       ServerInstance->SNO->WriteToSnoMask('a', "Module %s successfully loaded.", adding->c_str());
 
-                                       add++;
-                               }
+                               add++;
+                       }
+                       else
+                       {
+                               if (user)
+                                       user->WriteNumeric(ERR_CANTLOADMODULE, "%s %s :Failed to load module %s: %s",user->nick.c_str(), adding->c_str(), adding->c_str(), ServerInstance->Modules->LastError().c_str());
                                else
-                               {
-                                       if (user)
-                                               user->WriteServ("974 %s %s :Failed to load module %s: %s",user->nick, adding->c_str(), adding->c_str(), ServerInstance->Modules->LastError());
-                               }
+                                       ServerInstance->SNO->WriteToSnoMask('a', "Failed to load module %s: %s", adding->c_str(), ServerInstance->Modules->LastError().c_str());
                        }
                }
-
-               ServerInstance->Log(DEFAULT,"Successfully unloaded %lu of %lu modules and loaded %lu of %lu modules.",(unsigned long)rem,(unsigned long)removed_modules.size(),(unsigned long)add,(unsigned long)added_modules.size());
        }
 
-       /** Note: This is safe, the method checks for user == NULL */
-       ServerInstance->Parser->SetupCommandTable(user);
-
        if (user)
-               user->WriteServ("NOTICE %s :*** Successfully rehashed server.", user->nick);
+               user->WriteServ("NOTICE %s :*** Successfully rehashed server.", user->nick.c_str());
        else
-               ServerInstance->WriteOpers("*** Successfully rehashed server.");
+               ServerInstance->SNO->WriteToSnoMask('a', "*** Successfully rehashed server.");
 }
 
-bool ServerConfig::LoadConf(ConfigDataHash &target, const char* filename, std::ostringstream &errorstream)
+bool ServerConfig::LoadConf(FILE* &conf, const char* filename)
 {
-       std::ifstream conf(filename);
        std::string line;
        char ch;
-       long linenumber;
+       long linenumber = 1;
+       long last_successful_parse = 1;
        bool in_tag;
        bool in_quote;
        bool in_comment;
        int character_count = 0;
 
-       linenumber = 1;
        in_tag = false;
        in_quote = false;
        in_comment = false;
 
+       ServerInstance->Logs->Log("CONFIG", DEBUG, "Reading %s", filename);
+
        /* Check if the file open failed first */
        if (!conf)
        {
-               errorstream << "LoadConf: Couldn't open config file: " << filename << std::endl;
+               errstr << "LoadConf: Couldn't open config file: " << filename << std::endl;
                return false;
        }
 
-       /* Fix the chmod of the file to restrict it to the current user and group */
-       chmod(filename,0600);
-
        for (unsigned int t = 0; t < include_stack.size(); t++)
        {
                if (std::string(filename) == include_stack[t])
                {
-                       errorstream << "File " << filename << " is included recursively (looped inclusion)." << std::endl;
+                       errstr << "File " << filename << " is included recursively (looped inclusion)." << std::endl;
                        return false;
                }
        }
@@ -1048,9 +1307,8 @@ bool ServerConfig::LoadConf(ConfigDataHash &target, const char* filename, std::o
        include_stack.push_back(filename);
 
        /* Start reading characters... */
-       while (conf.get(ch))
+       while ((ch = fgetc(conf)) != EOF)
        {
-
                /*
                 * Fix for moronic windows issue spotted by Adremelech.
                 * Some windows editors save text files as utf-16, which is
@@ -1061,7 +1319,7 @@ bool ServerConfig::LoadConf(ConfigDataHash &target, const char* filename, std::o
                 */
                if ((character_count++ < 2) && (ch == '\xFF' || ch == '\xFE'))
                {
-                       errorstream << "File " << filename << " cannot be read, as it is encoded in braindead UTF-16. Save your file as plain ASCII!" << std::endl;
+                       errstr << "File " << filename << " cannot be read, as it is encoded in braindead UTF-16. Save your file as plain ASCII!" << std::endl;
                        return false;
                }
 
@@ -1107,8 +1365,9 @@ bool ServerConfig::LoadConf(ConfigDataHash &target, const char* filename, std::o
                {
                        line += ch;
                        char real_character;
-                       if (conf.get(real_character))
+                       if (!feof(conf))
                        {
+                               real_character = fgetc(conf);
                                if (real_character == 'n')
                                        real_character = '\n';
                                line += real_character;
@@ -1116,7 +1375,7 @@ bool ServerConfig::LoadConf(ConfigDataHash &target, const char* filename, std::o
                        }
                        else
                        {
-                               errorstream << "End of file after a \\, what did you want to escape?: " << filename << ":" << linenumber << std::endl;
+                               errstr << "End of file after a \\, what did you want to escape?: " << filename << ":" << linenumber << std::endl;
                                return false;
                        }
                }
@@ -1124,13 +1383,19 @@ bool ServerConfig::LoadConf(ConfigDataHash &target, const char* filename, std::o
                if (ch != '\r')
                        line += ch;
 
+               if ((ch != '<') && (!in_tag) && (!in_comment) && (ch > ' ') && (ch != 9))
+               {
+                       errstr << "You have stray characters beyond the tag which starts at " << filename << ":" << last_successful_parse << std::endl;
+                       return false;
+               }
+
                if (ch == '<')
                {
                        if (in_tag)
                        {
                                if (!in_quote)
                                {
-                                       errorstream << "Got another opening < when the first one wasn't closed: " << filename << ":" << linenumber << std::endl;
+                                       errstr << "The tag at location " << filename << ":" << last_successful_parse << " was valid, but there is an error in the tag which comes after it. You are possibly missing a \" or >. Please check this." << std::endl;
                                        return false;
                                }
                        }
@@ -1138,12 +1403,12 @@ bool ServerConfig::LoadConf(ConfigDataHash &target, const char* filename, std::o
                        {
                                if (in_quote)
                                {
-                                       errorstream << "We're in a quote but outside a tag, interesting. " << filename << ":" << linenumber << std::endl;
+                                       errstr << "Parser error: Inside a quote but not within the last valid tag, which was opened at: " << filename << ":" << last_successful_parse << std::endl;
                                        return false;
                                }
                                else
                                {
-                                       // errorstream << "Opening new config tag on line " << linenumber << std::endl;
+                                       // errstr << "Opening new config tag on line " << linenumber << std::endl;
                                        in_tag = true;
                                }
                        }
@@ -1154,12 +1419,12 @@ bool ServerConfig::LoadConf(ConfigDataHash &target, const char* filename, std::o
                        {
                                if (in_quote)
                                {
-                                       // errorstream << "Closing quote in config tag on line " << linenumber << std::endl;
+                                       // errstr << "Closing quote in config tag on line " << linenumber << std::endl;
                                        in_quote = false;
                                }
                                else
                                {
-                                       // errorstream << "Opening quote in config tag on line " << linenumber << std::endl;
+                                       // errstr << "Opening quote in config tag on line " << linenumber << std::endl;
                                        in_quote = true;
                                }
                        }
@@ -1167,11 +1432,11 @@ bool ServerConfig::LoadConf(ConfigDataHash &target, const char* filename, std::o
                        {
                                if (in_quote)
                                {
-                                       errorstream << "Found a (closing) \" outside a tag: " << filename << ":" << linenumber << std::endl;
+                                       errstr << "The tag immediately after the one at " << filename << ":" << last_successful_parse << " has a missing closing \" symbol. Please check this." << std::endl;
                                }
                                else
                                {
-                                       errorstream << "Found a (opening) \" outside a tag: " << filename << ":" << linenumber << std::endl;
+                                       errstr << "You have opened a quote (\") beyond the tag at " << filename << ":" << last_successful_parse << " without opening a new tag. Please check this." << std::endl;
                                }
                        }
                }
@@ -1181,22 +1446,25 @@ bool ServerConfig::LoadConf(ConfigDataHash &target, const char* filename, std::o
                        {
                                if (in_tag)
                                {
-                                       // errorstream << "Closing config tag on line " << linenumber << std::endl;
+                                       // errstr << "Closing config tag on line " << linenumber << std::endl;
                                        in_tag = false;
 
                                        /*
                                         * If this finds an <include> then ParseLine can simply call
                                         * LoadConf() and load the included config into the same ConfigDataHash
                                         */
-
-                                       if (!this->ParseLine(target, line, linenumber, errorstream))
+                                       long bl = linenumber;
+                                       if (!this->ParseLine(filename, line, linenumber))
                                                return false;
+                                       last_successful_parse = linenumber;
+
+                                       linenumber = bl;
 
                                        line.clear();
                                }
                                else
                                {
-                                       errorstream << "Got a closing > when we weren't inside a tag: " << filename << ":" << linenumber << std::endl;
+                                       errstr << "You forgot to close the tag which comes immediately after the one at " << filename << ":" << last_successful_parse << std::endl;
                                        return false;
                                }
                        }
@@ -1206,24 +1474,26 @@ bool ServerConfig::LoadConf(ConfigDataHash &target, const char* filename, std::o
        /* Fix for bug #392 - if we reach the end of a file and we are still in a quote or comment, most likely the user fucked up */
        if (in_comment || in_quote)
        {
-               errorstream << "Reached end of file whilst still inside a quoted section or tag. This is most likely an error or there \
+               errstr << "Reached end of file whilst still inside a quoted section or tag. This is most likely an error or there \
                        is a newline missing from the end of the file: " << filename << ":" << linenumber << std::endl;
        }
 
        return true;
 }
 
-bool ServerConfig::LoadConf(ConfigDataHash &target, const std::string &filename, std::ostringstream &errorstream)
+
+bool ServerConfig::LoadConf(FILE* &conf, const std::string &filename)
 {
-       return this->LoadConf(target, filename.c_str(), errorstream);
+       return this->LoadConf(conf, filename.c_str());
 }
 
-bool ServerConfig::ParseLine(ConfigDataHash &target, std::string &line, long &linenumber, std::ostringstream &errorstream)
+bool ServerConfig::ParseLine(const std::string &filename, std::string &line, long &linenumber)
 {
        std::string tagname;
        std::string current_key;
        std::string current_value;
        KeyValList results;
+       char last_char = 0;
        bool got_name;
        bool got_key;
        bool in_quote;
@@ -1240,7 +1510,13 @@ bool ServerConfig::ParseLine(ConfigDataHash &target, std::string &line, long &li
                        {
                                if (*c != '<')
                                {
-                                       tagname += *c;
+                                       if ((*c >= 'a' && *c <= 'z') || (*c >= 'A' && *c <='Z') || (*c >= '0' && *c <= '9') || *c == '_')
+                                               tagname += *c;
+                                       else
+                                       {
+                                               errstr << "Invalid character in value name of tag: '" << *c << "' in value '" << tagname << "' in filename: " << filename << ":" << linenumber << std::endl;
+                                               return false;
+                                       }
                                }
                        }
                        else
@@ -1258,11 +1534,17 @@ bool ServerConfig::ParseLine(ConfigDataHash &target, std::string &line, long &li
                        if (!got_key)
                        {
                                /* We're still reading the key name */
-                               if (*c != '=')
+                               if ((*c != '=') && (*c != '>'))
                                {
                                        if (*c != ' ')
                                        {
-                                               current_key += *c;
+                                               if ((*c >= 'a' && *c <= 'z') || (*c >= 'A' && *c <='Z') || (*c >= '0' && *c <= '9') || *c == '_')
+                                                       current_key += *c;
+                                               else
+                                               {
+                                                       errstr << "Invalid character in key: '" << *c << "' in key '" << current_key << "' in filename: " << filename << ":" << linenumber << std::endl;
+                                                       return false;
+                                               }
                                        }
                                }
                                else
@@ -1287,16 +1569,22 @@ bool ServerConfig::ParseLine(ConfigDataHash &target, std::string &line, long &li
                                                current_value += *c;
                                        continue;
                                }
+                               else if ((*c == '\\') && (!in_quote))
+                               {
+                                       errstr << "You can't have an escape sequence outside of a quoted section: " << filename << ":" << linenumber << std::endl;
+                                       return false;
+                               }
                                else if ((*c == '\n') && (in_quote))
                                {
                                        /* Got a 'real' \n, treat it as part of the value */
                                        current_value += '\n';
-                                       linenumber++;
                                        continue;
                                }
                                else if ((*c == '\r') && (in_quote))
+                               {
                                        /* Got a \r, drop it */
                                        continue;
+                               }
 
                                if (*c == '"')
                                {
@@ -1307,7 +1595,7 @@ bool ServerConfig::ParseLine(ConfigDataHash &target, std::string &line, long &li
                                        }
                                        else
                                        {
-                                               /* Leaving quotes, we have the value */
+                                               /* Leaving the quotes, we have the current value */
                                                results.push_back(KeyVal(current_key, current_value));
 
                                                // std::cout << "<" << tagname << ":" << current_key << "> " << current_value << std::endl;
@@ -1317,7 +1605,13 @@ bool ServerConfig::ParseLine(ConfigDataHash &target, std::string &line, long &li
 
                                                if ((tagname == "include") && (current_key == "file"))
                                                {
-                                                       if (!this->DoInclude(target, current_value, errorstream))
+                                                       if (!this->DoInclude(current_value))
+                                                               return false;
+                                               }
+                                               else if ((tagname == "include") && (current_key == "executable"))
+                                               {
+                                                       /* Pipe an executable and use its stdout as config data */
+                                                       if (!this->DoPipe(current_value))
                                                                return false;
                                                }
 
@@ -1329,6 +1623,7 @@ bool ServerConfig::ParseLine(ConfigDataHash &target, std::string &line, long &li
                                {
                                        if (in_quote)
                                        {
+                                               last_char = *c;
                                                current_value += *c;
                                        }
                                }
@@ -1337,12 +1632,33 @@ bool ServerConfig::ParseLine(ConfigDataHash &target, std::string &line, long &li
        }
 
        /* Finished parsing the tag, add it to the config hash */
-       target.insert(std::pair<std::string, KeyValList > (tagname, results));
+       config_data.insert(std::pair<std::string, KeyValList > (tagname, results));
 
        return true;
 }
 
-bool ServerConfig::DoInclude(ConfigDataHash &target, const std::string &file, std::ostringstream &errorstream)
+bool ServerConfig::DoPipe(const std::string &file)
+{
+       FILE* conf = popen(file.c_str(), "r");
+       bool ret = false;
+
+       if (conf)
+       {
+               ret = LoadConf(conf, file.c_str());
+               pclose(conf);
+       }
+       else
+               errstr << "Couldn't execute: " << file << std::endl;
+
+       return ret;
+}
+
+bool ServerConfig::StartsWithWindowsDriveLetter(const std::string &path)
+{
+       return (path.length() > 2 && isalpha(path[0]) && path[1] == ':');
+}
+
+bool ServerConfig::DoInclude(const std::string &file)
 {
        std::string confpath;
        std::string newfile;
@@ -1351,15 +1667,10 @@ bool ServerConfig::DoInclude(ConfigDataHash &target, const std::string &file, st
        confpath = ServerInstance->ConfigFileName;
        newfile = file;
 
-       for (std::string::iterator c = newfile.begin(); c != newfile.end(); c++)
-       {
-               if (*c == '\\')
-               {
-                       *c = '/';
-               }
-       }
+       std::replace(newfile.begin(),newfile.end(),'\\','/');
+       std::replace(confpath.begin(),confpath.end(),'\\','/');
 
-       if (file[0] != '/')
+       if ((newfile[0] != '/') && (!StartsWithWindowsDriveLetter(newfile)))
        {
                if((pos = confpath.rfind("/")) != std::string::npos)
                {
@@ -1368,38 +1679,49 @@ bool ServerConfig::DoInclude(ConfigDataHash &target, const std::string &file, st
                }
                else
                {
-                       errorstream << "Couldn't get config path from: " << confpath << std::endl;
+                       errstr << "Couldn't get config path from: " << ServerInstance->ConfigFileName << std::endl;
                        return false;
                }
        }
 
-       return LoadConf(target, newfile, errorstream);
+       FILE* conf = fopen(newfile.c_str(), "r");
+       bool ret = false;
+
+       if (conf)
+       {
+               ret = LoadConf(conf, newfile);
+               fclose(conf);
+       }
+       else
+               errstr << "Couldn't open config file: " << file << std::endl;
+
+       return ret;
 }
 
-bool ServerConfig::ConfValue(ConfigDataHash &target, const char* tag, const char* var, int index, char* result, int length, bool allow_linefeeds)
+bool ServerConfig::ConfValue(const char* tag, const char* var, int index, char* result, int length, bool allow_linefeeds)
 {
-       return ConfValue(target, tag, var, "", index, result, length, allow_linefeeds);
+       return ConfValue(tag, var, "", index, result, length, allow_linefeeds);
 }
 
-bool ServerConfig::ConfValue(ConfigDataHash &target, const char* tag, const char* var, const char* default_value, int index, char* result, int length, bool allow_linefeeds)
+bool ServerConfig::ConfValue(const char* tag, const char* var, const char* default_value, int index, char* result, int length, bool allow_linefeeds)
 {
        std::string value;
-       bool r = ConfValue(target, std::string(tag), std::string(var), std::string(default_value), index, value, allow_linefeeds);
+       bool r = ConfValue(std::string(tag), std::string(var), std::string(default_value), index, value, allow_linefeeds);
        strlcpy(result, value.c_str(), length);
        return r;
 }
 
-bool ServerConfig::ConfValue(ConfigDataHash &target, const std::string &tag, const std::string &var, int index, std::string &result, bool allow_linefeeds)
+bool ServerConfig::ConfValue(const std::string &tag, const std::string &var, int index, std::string &result, bool allow_linefeeds)
 {
-       return ConfValue(target, tag, var, "", index, result, allow_linefeeds);
+       return ConfValue(tag, var, "", index, result, allow_linefeeds);
 }
 
-bool ServerConfig::ConfValue(ConfigDataHash &target, const std::string &tag, const std::string &var, const std::string &default_value, int index, std::string &result, bool allow_linefeeds)
+bool ServerConfig::ConfValue(const std::string &tag, const std::string &var, const std::string &default_value, int index, std::string &result, bool allow_linefeeds)
 {
        ConfigDataHash::size_type pos = index;
-       if (pos < target.count(tag))
+       if (pos < config_data.count(tag))
        {
-               ConfigDataHash::iterator iter = target.find(tag);
+               ConfigDataHash::iterator iter = config_data.find(tag);
 
                for(int i = 0; i < index; i++)
                        iter++;
@@ -1410,7 +1732,7 @@ bool ServerConfig::ConfValue(ConfigDataHash &target, const std::string &tag, con
                        {
                                if ((!allow_linefeeds) && (j->second.find('\n') != std::string::npos))
                                {
-                                       ServerInstance->Log(DEFAULT, "Value of <" + tag + ":" + var+ "> contains a linefeed, and linefeeds in this value are not permitted -- stripped to spaces.");
+                                       ServerInstance->Logs->Log("CONFIG",DEFAULT, "Value of <" + tag + ":" + var+ "> contains a linefeed, and linefeeds in this value are not permitted -- stripped to spaces.");
                                        for (std::string::iterator n = j->second.begin(); n != j->second.end(); n++)
                                                if (*n == '\n')
                                                        *n = ' ';
@@ -1428,7 +1750,7 @@ bool ServerConfig::ConfValue(ConfigDataHash &target, const std::string &tag, con
                        return true;
                }
        }
-       else if(pos == 0)
+       else if (pos == 0)
        {
                if (!default_value.empty())
                {
@@ -1439,26 +1761,26 @@ bool ServerConfig::ConfValue(ConfigDataHash &target, const std::string &tag, con
        return false;
 }
 
-bool ServerConfig::ConfValueInteger(ConfigDataHash &target, const char* tag, const char* var, int index, int &result)
+bool ServerConfig::ConfValueInteger(const char* tag, const char* var, int index, int &result)
 {
-       return ConfValueInteger(target, std::string(tag), std::string(var), "", index, result);
+       return ConfValueInteger(std::string(tag), std::string(var), "", index, result);
 }
 
-bool ServerConfig::ConfValueInteger(ConfigDataHash &target, const char* tag, const char* var, const char* default_value, int index, int &result)
+bool ServerConfig::ConfValueInteger(const char* tag, const char* var, const char* default_value, int index, int &result)
 {
-       return ConfValueInteger(target, std::string(tag), std::string(var), std::string(default_value), index, result);
+       return ConfValueInteger(std::string(tag), std::string(var), std::string(default_value), index, result);
 }
 
-bool ServerConfig::ConfValueInteger(ConfigDataHash &target, const std::string &tag, const std::string &var, int index, int &result)
+bool ServerConfig::ConfValueInteger(const std::string &tag, const std::string &var, int index, int &result)
 {
-       return ConfValueInteger(target, tag, var, "", index, result);
+       return ConfValueInteger(tag, var, "", index, result);
 }
 
-bool ServerConfig::ConfValueInteger(ConfigDataHash &target, const std::string &tag, const std::string &var, const std::string &default_value, int index, int &result)
+bool ServerConfig::ConfValueInteger(const std::string &tag, const std::string &var, const std::string &default_value, int index, int &result)
 {
        std::string value;
        std::istringstream stream;
-       bool r = ConfValue(target, tag, var, default_value, index, value);
+       bool r = ConfValue(tag, var, default_value, index, value);
        stream.str(value);
        if(!(stream >> result))
                return false;
@@ -1502,52 +1824,52 @@ bool ServerConfig::ConfValueInteger(ConfigDataHash &target, const std::string &t
 }
 
 
-bool ServerConfig::ConfValueBool(ConfigDataHash &target, const char* tag, const char* var, int index)
+bool ServerConfig::ConfValueBool(const char* tag, const char* var, int index)
 {
-       return ConfValueBool(target, std::string(tag), std::string(var), "", index);
+       return ConfValueBool(std::string(tag), std::string(var), "", index);
 }
 
-bool ServerConfig::ConfValueBool(ConfigDataHash &target, const char* tag, const char* var, const char* default_value, int index)
+bool ServerConfig::ConfValueBool(const char* tag, const char* var, const char* default_value, int index)
 {
-       return ConfValueBool(target, std::string(tag), std::string(var), std::string(default_value), index);
+       return ConfValueBool(std::string(tag), std::string(var), std::string(default_value), index);
 }
 
-bool ServerConfig::ConfValueBool(ConfigDataHash &target, const std::string &tag, const std::string &var, int index)
+bool ServerConfig::ConfValueBool(const std::string &tag, const std::string &var, int index)
 {
-       return ConfValueBool(target, tag, var, "", index);
+       return ConfValueBool(tag, var, "", index);
 }
 
-bool ServerConfig::ConfValueBool(ConfigDataHash &target, const std::string &tag, const std::string &var, const std::string &default_value, int index)
+bool ServerConfig::ConfValueBool(const std::string &tag, const std::string &var, const std::string &default_value, int index)
 {
        std::string result;
-       if(!ConfValue(target, tag, var, default_value, index, result))
+       if(!ConfValue(tag, var, default_value, index, result))
                return false;
 
        return ((result == "yes") || (result == "true") || (result == "1"));
 }
 
-int ServerConfig::ConfValueEnum(ConfigDataHash &target, const char* tag)
+int ServerConfig::ConfValueEnum(const char* tag)
 {
-       return target.count(tag);
+       return config_data.count(tag);
 }
 
-int ServerConfig::ConfValueEnum(ConfigDataHash &target, const std::string &tag)
+int ServerConfig::ConfValueEnum(const std::string &tag)
 {
-       return target.count(tag);
+       return config_data.count(tag);
 }
 
-int ServerConfig::ConfVarEnum(ConfigDataHash &target, const char* tag, int index)
+int ServerConfig::ConfVarEnum(const char* tag, int index)
 {
-       return ConfVarEnum(target, std::string(tag), index);
+       return ConfVarEnum(std::string(tag), index);
 }
 
-int ServerConfig::ConfVarEnum(ConfigDataHash &target, const std::string &tag, int index)
+int ServerConfig::ConfVarEnum(const std::string &tag, int index)
 {
        ConfigDataHash::size_type pos = index;
 
-       if (pos < target.count(tag))
+       if (pos < config_data.count(tag))
        {
-               ConfigDataHash::const_iterator iter = target.find(tag);
+               ConfigDataHash::const_iterator iter = config_data.find(tag);
 
                for(int i = 0; i < index; i++)
                        iter++;
@@ -1570,17 +1892,19 @@ bool ServerConfig::ReadFile(file_cache &F, const char* fname)
 
        F.clear();
 
-       if ((*fname != '/') && (*fname != '\\'))
+       if ((*fname != '/') && (*fname != '\\') && (!StartsWithWindowsDriveLetter(fname)))
        {
                std::string::size_type pos;
                std::string confpath = ServerInstance->ConfigFileName;
                std::string newfile = fname;
 
-               if ((pos = confpath.rfind("/")) != std::string::npos)
+               if (((pos = confpath.rfind("/"))) != std::string::npos)
                        newfile = confpath.substr(0, pos) + std::string("/") + fname;
-               else if ((pos = confpath.rfind("\\")) != std::string::npos)
+               else if (((pos = confpath.rfind("\\"))) != std::string::npos)
                        newfile = confpath.substr(0, pos) + std::string("\\") + fname;
 
+               ServerInstance->Logs->Log("config", DEBUG, "Filename: %s", newfile.c_str());
+
                if (!FileExists(newfile.c_str()))
                        return false;
                file =  fopen(newfile.c_str(), "r");
@@ -1601,10 +1925,7 @@ bool ServerConfig::ReadFile(file_cache &F, const char* fname)
                        else
                                *linebuf = 0;
 
-                       if (!feof(file))
-                       {
-                               F.push_back(*linebuf ? linebuf : " ");
-                       }
+                       F.push_back(*linebuf ? linebuf : " ");
                }
 
                fclose(file);
@@ -1623,7 +1944,7 @@ bool ServerConfig::FileExists(const char* file)
 
        if ((sb.st_mode & S_IFDIR) > 0)
                return false;
-            
+
        FILE *input;
        if ((input = fopen (file, "r")) == NULL)
                return false;
@@ -1642,66 +1963,9 @@ char* ServerConfig::CleanFilename(char* name)
 }
 
 
-bool ServerConfig::DirValid(const char* dirandfile)
-{
-#ifdef WINDOWS
-       return true;
-#endif
-
-       char work[1024];
-       char buffer[1024];
-       char otherdir[1024];
-       int p;
-
-       strlcpy(work, dirandfile, 1024);
-       p = strlen(work);
-
-       // we just want the dir
-       while (*work)
-       {
-               if (work[p] == '/')
-               {
-                       work[p] = '\0';
-                       break;
-               }
-
-               work[p--] = '\0';
-       }
-
-       // Get the current working directory
-       if (getcwd(buffer, 1024 ) == NULL )
-               return false;
-
-       if (chdir(work) == -1)
-               return false;
-
-       if (getcwd(otherdir, 1024 ) == NULL )
-               return false;
-
-       if (chdir(buffer) == -1)
-               return false;
-
-       size_t t = strlen(work);
-
-       if (strlen(otherdir) >= t)
-       {
-               otherdir[t] = '\0';
-               if (!strcmp(otherdir,work))
-               {
-                       return true;
-               }
-
-               return false;
-       }
-       else
-       {
-               return false;
-       }
-}
-
 std::string ServerConfig::GetFullProgDir()
 {
-       char buffer[PATH_MAX+1];
+       char buffer[PATH_MAX];
 #ifdef WINDOWS
        /* Windows has specific api calls to get the exe path that never fail.
         * For once, windows has something of use, compared to the POSIX code
@@ -1741,11 +2005,7 @@ InspIRCd* ServerConfig::GetInstance()
 
 std::string ServerConfig::GetSID()
 {
-       std::string OurSID;
-       OurSID += (char)((sid / 100) + 48);
-       OurSID += (char)((sid / 10) % 10 + 48);
-       OurSID += (char)(sid % 10 + 48);
-       return OurSID;
+       return sid;
 }
 
 ValueItem::ValueItem(int value)
@@ -1762,12 +2022,7 @@ ValueItem::ValueItem(bool value)
        v = n.str();
 }
 
-ValueItem::ValueItem(char* value)
-{
-       v = value;
-}
-
-void ValueItem::Set(char* value)
+ValueItem::ValueItem(const char* value)
 {
        v = value;
 }
@@ -1809,15 +2064,6 @@ bool ValueItem::GetBool()
  */
 bool InitTypes(ServerConfig* conf, const char*)
 {
-       if (conf->opertypes.size())
-       {
-               for (opertype_t::iterator n = conf->opertypes.begin(); n != conf->opertypes.end(); n++)
-               {
-                       if (n->second)
-                               delete[] n->second;
-               }
-       }
-
        conf->opertypes.clear();
        return true;
 }
@@ -1831,8 +2077,14 @@ bool InitClasses(ServerConfig* conf, const char*)
        {
                for (operclass_t::iterator n = conf->operclass.begin(); n != conf->operclass.end(); n++)
                {
-                       if (n->second)
-                               delete[] n->second;
+                       if (n->second.commandlist)
+                               delete[] n->second.commandlist;
+                       if (n->second.cmodelist)
+                               delete[] n->second.cmodelist;
+                       if (n->second.umodelist)
+                               delete[] n->second.umodelist;
+                       if (n->second.privs)
+                               delete[] n->second.privs;
                }
        }
 
@@ -1848,19 +2100,40 @@ bool DoType(ServerConfig* conf, const char*, char**, ValueList &values, int*)
        const char* TypeName = values[0].GetString();
        const char* Classes = values[1].GetString();
 
-       conf->opertypes[TypeName] = strnewdup(Classes);
+       conf->opertypes[TypeName] = std::string(Classes);
        return true;
 }
 
 /*
  * XXX should this be in a class? -- w00t
  */
-bool DoClass(ServerConfig* conf, const char*, char**, ValueList &values, int*)
+bool DoClass(ServerConfig* conf, const char* tag, char**, ValueList &values, int*)
 {
        const char* ClassName = values[0].GetString();
        const char* CommandList = values[1].GetString();
+       const char* UModeList = values[2].GetString();
+       const char* CModeList = values[3].GetString();
+       const char *PrivsList = values[4].GetString();
+
+       for (const char* c = UModeList; *c; ++c)
+       {
+               if ((*c < 'A' || *c > 'z') && *c != '*')
+               {
+                       throw CoreException("Character " + std::string(1, *c) + " is not a valid mode in <class:usermodes>");
+               }
+       }
+       for (const char* c = CModeList; *c; ++c)
+       {
+               if ((*c < 'A' || *c > 'z') && *c != '*')
+               {
+                       throw CoreException("Character " + std::string(1, *c) + " is not a valid mode in <class:chanmodes>");
+               }
+       }
 
-       conf->operclass[ClassName] = strnewdup(CommandList);
+       conf->operclass[ClassName].commandlist = strnewdup(CommandList);
+       conf->operclass[ClassName].umodelist = strnewdup(UModeList);
+       conf->operclass[ClassName].cmodelist = strnewdup(CModeList);
+       conf->operclass[ClassName].privs = strnewdup(PrivsList);
        return true;
 }
 
@@ -1872,3 +2145,91 @@ bool DoneClassesAndTypes(ServerConfig*, const char*)
        return true;
 }
 
+
+
+bool InitXLine(ServerConfig* conf, const char* tag)
+{
+       return true;
+}
+
+bool DoZLine(ServerConfig* conf, const char* tag, char** entries, ValueList &values, int* types)
+{
+       const char* reason = values[0].GetString();
+       const char* ipmask = values[1].GetString();
+
+       ZLine* zl = new ZLine(conf->GetInstance(), conf->GetInstance()->Time(), 0, "<Config>", reason, ipmask);
+       if (!conf->GetInstance()->XLines->AddLine(zl, NULL))
+               delete zl;
+
+       return true;
+}
+
+bool DoQLine(ServerConfig* conf, const char* tag, char** entries, ValueList &values, int* types)
+{
+       const char* reason = values[0].GetString();
+       const char* nick = values[1].GetString();
+
+       QLine* ql = new QLine(conf->GetInstance(), conf->GetInstance()->Time(), 0, "<Config>", reason, nick);
+       if (!conf->GetInstance()->XLines->AddLine(ql, NULL))
+               delete ql;
+
+       return true;
+}
+
+bool DoKLine(ServerConfig* conf, const char* tag, char** entries, ValueList &values, int* types)
+{
+       const char* reason = values[0].GetString();
+       const char* host = values[1].GetString();
+
+       XLineManager* xlm = conf->GetInstance()->XLines;
+
+       IdentHostPair ih = xlm->IdentSplit(host);
+
+       KLine* kl = new KLine(conf->GetInstance(), conf->GetInstance()->Time(), 0, "<Config>", reason, ih.first.c_str(), ih.second.c_str());
+       if (!xlm->AddLine(kl, NULL))
+               delete kl;
+       return true;
+}
+
+bool DoELine(ServerConfig* conf, const char* tag, char** entries, ValueList &values, int* types)
+{
+       const char* reason = values[0].GetString();
+       const char* host = values[1].GetString();
+
+       XLineManager* xlm = conf->GetInstance()->XLines;
+
+       IdentHostPair ih = xlm->IdentSplit(host);
+
+       ELine* el = new ELine(conf->GetInstance(), conf->GetInstance()->Time(), 0, "<Config>", reason, ih.first.c_str(), ih.second.c_str());
+       if (!xlm->AddLine(el, NULL))
+               delete el;
+       return true;
+}
+
+// this should probably be moved to configreader, but atm it relies on CheckELines above.
+bool DoneELine(ServerConfig* conf, const char* tag)
+{
+       for (std::vector<User*>::const_iterator u2 = conf->GetInstance()->Users->local_users.begin(); u2 != conf->GetInstance()->Users->local_users.end(); u2++)
+       {
+               User* u = (User*)(*u2);
+               u->exempt = false;
+       }
+
+       conf->GetInstance()->XLines->CheckELines();
+       return true;
+}
+
+void ConfigReaderThread::Run()
+{
+       Config = new ServerConfig(ServerInstance);
+       Config->Read();
+       done = true;
+}
+
+void ConfigReaderThread::Finish()
+{
+       ServerConfig* old = ServerInstance->Config;
+       ServerInstance->Config = this->Config;
+       Config->Apply(old, TheUserUID);
+       delete old;
+}