IRCD tutorials

[gabrix]

What about a ircd tutorial ?In google there's nothing about the subject(i didn't find any!) and i find irc a great tool for instant messaging.Would be fine also to point the attention to those irc softwares (client and server) that encrypts the communication making people more aware that privacy is an important issue in the free software comunity.

[ustoopia]

Yeah I must agree. I would also like to see some in depth information about irc and how to set up a decent server.

[edge]

So what is keeping you both from writing one :-)

[gabrix]

So what is keeping you both from writing one :-)
To be onest ... i copied an example configuration from /usr/share/doc/ircd-ircu/example.conf.gz and i have a default configuration for it.You can have a go and let me know if there is any problem irc.gabrix.ath.cx .I understood part of it but has an its own syntax and i would like to hear from someone maybe knows more than me. I would like to hear more about encryption for example or how to connect your server to a irc network,the proper way of doing it when you first start up. So i'm not the right person to write a tutorial i can't say more than to go and see /usr/share/doc/ircd-ircu/ dir .

[gabrix]

/backup/backup.sh: line 2: -localhost: No such file or directory
Enter password: /usr/bin/mysqldump: Got error: 1045: Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: NO) when trying to connect
Enter password: /usr/bin/mysqldump: Got error: 1045: Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: NO) when trying to connect
Enter password: /usr/bin/mysqldump: Got error: 1045: Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: NO) when trying to connect
Enter password: /usr/bin/mysqldump: Got error: 1045: Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: NO) when trying to connect
Enter password: /usr/bin/mysqldump: Got error: 1045: Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: NO) when trying to connect
building file list ... done
./
backup/
backup/backup.sh
backup/backup.sh~
mysql_backup/
mysql_backup/Database.sql
mysql_backup/mysql.sql
mysql_backup/test.sql
mysql_backup/tor-final.sql
mysql_backup/tor-onion.sql
var/www/torgab/cache/
var/www/torgab/cache/cache_94afbfb2f291e0bf253fcf222e9d238e_09dd40aebdf 73234a793ef10f446207c
var/www/torgab/cache/cache_94afbfb2f291e0bf253fcf222e9d238e_5606c17b001 b8023d35f97acbbe1d0a6
var/www/torgab/cache/cache_94afbfb2f291e0bf253fcf222e9d238e_5685f11bfc8 65574bb4ce76818f01643
var/www/torgab/cache/cache_94afbfb2f291e0bf253fcf222e9d238e_72bd4188da4 1ac60d92296eed2ef2c62
var/www/torgab/cache/cache_94afbfb2f291e0bf253fcf222e9d238e_7c273fb8305 7c7b53866c10b8b7b9538
var/www/torgab/cache/cache_94afbfb2f291e0bf253fcf222e9d238e_7d49c3bd946 c80583933661be3ebdd23
var/www/torgab/cache/cache_94afbfb2f291e0bf253fcf222e9d238e_8cf353e8bca e4bc2114654198ad6652b
var/www/torgab/cache/cache_94afbfb2f291e0bf253fcf222e9d238e_8d1c19102f5 e7397e001e4a836220fd2
var/www/torgab/cache/cache_94afbfb2f291e0bf253fcf222e9d238e_94cbfbc785b ae17898ab89c086fc323e
var/www/torgab/cache/cache_94afbfb2f291e0bf253fcf222e9d238e_e6405e44bf6 38694b515d4da833cdaeb

sent 95612 bytes received 3646 bytes 39703.20 bytes/sec
total size is 16483462 speedup is 166.07
no support for smartcards.
Now is giving this error and i haven't changed password in the backup configuration file or mysql either ... very starnge !!!!

[ustoopia]

So what is keeping you both from writing one :-)

My lack of knowledge and my limited brain capacity is what keeps me from doing that

[gabrix]

Now is giving this error and i haven't changed password in the backup configuration file or mysql either ... very starnge !!!!
This post is relative to the one in the HOWTO's forum , i got it wrong sorry !!!

[zcworld]

:)
they are hard to setup if you NEVER done one before
i try once and it won the round and fight
but
i may try to do one ...
( MAY is the key word here )
i will see how i go

and i will let you know :)

[gabrix]

Would be really nice from you !

[zcworld]

the hard part of the IRCD is the config file settings
its takes about an hour or so to get it right

so im trying to get that right so i can give an pre-config ver of it out
so its just a basic starter ver
and you can mod it yourself to your needs


the config and compiling is easy part

the 2 hrs of hell i had doing that part was easy to the config work lol :)

back to the fun for me ... ) later All :)

[gabrix]

Do you run Debian ? If so have a look at /usr/share/doc/irc-ircu/examples.gz it might be of some help ... but maybe you already done that !

[zcworld]

nope
i dont use Debian .. [ not a fan]
im using opensuse on a test at the time
and going to try it on FC and open/freeBSD as well
so thats tabs care of most of the OS that people will be using
:) to an IRC server on
:)

[zcworld]

what i done so far

a lot of typing n a lot of yelling
but thats normal

ok
sides that ... down to the story :
i got it working
with SSL
i got some basic .conf files
i done some mods to it
like added
banlist / sysuser / exceptban
so its easyer to add info into them files
than loading up the IRC.conf file n finding the right place to add it :)

problems : no serivces : and aheap of normal .. first time loads up ...
but its getting there
maybe on wednesday i may have 70 % done

[gabrix]

Anything you need (the debian /usr/shar/doc/irc-ircu/examples for example) just ask you can contact me on the above skype or msn ... sigh !!!

[zcworld]

last update on the howto coming along

ok
good good good good good good good
news
<<< is ******ing happy if u can't tell

i got my Services server and my IRCD sever to link and work :)
working on doing two servers

and than
some sleeping and than finishing the howto
than comes screenshots of the compiling
uloading the files n screenshots ... and post the howto : on here

and i hope a lot of people like it

and its got at the time like a page of thanks to one user :
for all his help during the .fun i had with it :)

i may do a vid for it as well
its not a slow vid
its my doing it my way
and thats fast :)
to show you its up n working

ATM i only tested on FC 6 OS

if i can get my ass around to if i will do an deb test when i get it installed
( crys over that )
but i gotta go out for a while : after all im 22 today :)

later all

i should have it posted in about 72 hrs MAX i hope

[zcworld]

ALMOST
done

gotta put the screen shots into the how to in the right place .. look at it again to make sure its looks right

than find help on the adding using via command line on FC
to put into the how to .. n post the howto :) for all to see :)
about 5 hrs and it will be submitted

[gabrix]

looking forward ...

[zcworld]

its being submitted .. so its up to the admins / mods to pick it and use it now :)
its about 7 pages on here
in my Open office writer : its about 12 pages without any screen shots about i think 16 with
so its a big howto :)

[gabrix]

Can i have a look at it ?Contact me by msn or skype !!!

[falko]

its being submitted .. so its up to the admins / mods to pick it and use it now :)
its about 7 pages on here
in my Open office writer : its about 12 pages without any screen shots about i think 16 with
so its a big howto :)
Thanks a lot for this! :):)
It will be a few days until I publish it because we have some other tutorials in the queue. I hope that's ok for you.

[zcworld]

hey falko
can you do me a fave and add on the first page of the how to
<h2> who did what </h2>
(normal text here )

Writen / tested by ZcWorld
helped / tested by Craz1
Tested by Granddad

when i tryed i got an error : saying like it was being edited by another user : or something like that

no problems
a lot of the thanks goes out to craz1 for looking over my conf files and sending me his private IRC server settings to have a look at :)

i hope why people hate writing / doing the irc server install / config
its a KILLER of a job
and its bites ass when you got problems ... lol


and at the time
granddad and i are testing linking servers and services
so ... we yelling at each other trying to work out the bugs in the linking

[zcworld]

good news / bad news

good news : i got the two servers + services to link and work
bad news : arr i dont know how i did it
so ... arrr sorry : and give me about a week to work it out :)

server 1 with services server ( nickserv / hostserv so on services )
.conf file
-----------------------------------------------

link idogrc.zcworld-evil.mine.nu
{
username *;
hostname 192.168.1.107;
bind-ip *;
port *;
password-connect "service_server";
password-receive "service_server";
class servers;
options {
autoconnect;
# zip;
};
};



------------------------------------------

server 2 : just an IRCD server
----------

link irc.zcworld-evil.mine.nu
{
username *;
hostname 192.168.1.102;
bind-ip *;
port *;
hub *;
password-connect "service_server";
password-receive "service_server";
class servers;
options {
autoconnect;
# zip;
};
};
-------



if you got the brain power to work out why it link please tell me .. coz im out ATM

screen shot is 989 x 659

>> click here << (http://zcworld.googlepages.com/servers-link.PNG) 40 KB to load

[falko]

hey falko
can you do me a fave and add on the first page of the how to
<h2> who did what </h2>
(normal text here )

Writen / tested by ZcWorld
helped / tested by Craz1
Tested by GranddadDone. :)

when i tryed i got an error : saying like it was being edited by another user : or something like that
That's strange. Were you logged in with your username?

[zcworld]

yep
i was log in ... with my username
i was thinking maybe you or anthoer mod was looking / editing the page so thats why i was unable to edit

but thanks again for adding that :)

linking status :
i got 3 IRCD servers up
192.168.1.102 >>>> HUB <<<<
| | - > services
| | - > stats server
|
|->192.168.1.106 >>>> Server 1 <<<
|->192.168.1.110 >>>> Server 2<<<<


i will post my link files later on for how i did it :) .. at the time they need to be renamed and cleaned up ( the linking names ) and made sure they work :)

here we go
my conf file
hub = well its you HUB / services / status server
irc1 = Server 1
irc2 = server 2
linking files : 27 KB (http://zcworld.googlepages.com/hubstatsservices2IRCD-servers-conffi.rar)

they are really just to show you what i did ...


free tip :
WRITE down WHAT IP = SERVER
its saves you life

like
IP ADDRESS///what is it ///name

------------------------------------------
192.168.1.102///CORE : server / service HUb/// zcworld-evil.mine.nu
192.168.1.106///server 1 /a///: s1.XXXXXX>XXX
192.168.1.110///Server 2 /b///: s2.XXXXXX.XXX

/// = about 3 tabs

[zcworld]

i guess i will later on .. like in a week or 3 ... write up an part 2
to this

like on how to build
other services
and set them up .. ( simple setup ) type of thing ...
but i think for starters what i did .. will get people off the group

after all
im still NEW to running / config an IRCD / services server
so ... eeek ...eek eeek lol :)

[zcworld]

my howto on my blog : http://zcau.blogspot.com/2007/01/compiling-making-setting-up-and-irc.html

happy reading

[kameelperdza]

How can i set that anybody can access my irc sever?