Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 15:55:38 -0500 From: "Altair Demetrio Jr." <ademetriojr@mindspring.com> To: Alex Charalabidis <alex@wnm.net> Cc: Tremayne Smith <tre@hicksequipment.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IRCD? Message-ID: <39BD46CA.13C212BB@mindspring.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009111515200.10189-100000@earth.wnm.net>
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You can always get a better ircd than the one that comes with FreeBSD. In my opinion, bahamut developed by the DALnet coding team. You can get it at ftp://ftp.dal.net/. Alex Charalabidis wrote: > On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Tremayne Smith wrote: > > > Sorry for the lack of info. > > > > I am running FreeBSD 4.0, Apache 1.3.12, and php4. I'd like to host a > > chat room locally. I've tried phpIRC and the IRC port. The phpIRC gives me a > > connection failed error, but that's off topic. The IRC port installs with no > > errors, but when I goto /usr/sbin to start the daemon, nothing happens. > > I'm not sure if this is enough info, that is why I'd appreciate any > > literature or tutorial or advice which may help me from ground zero. Once > > again the overall goal is to be able to host a chat, allowing users to > > communicate in real time. Thanks again. > > > If it's /usr/ports/irc/irc, then you're using the 2.10.x ("ircnet") > ircd. It will not run out of the box--no ircd will. You have to configure > it, which in most cases can be done fairly easily by adapting the > example.conf file that comes with it to your local reality. As far as I > know, the only printed resource regarding ircd configuration is a chapter > in my book (see signature). Start looking for on-line resources at > http://www.irc.org/techie.html and http://www.irchelp.org/ircd/, they're > pretty scarce. > > hth > > -ac > > -- > ============================================================== > Alex Charalabidis (AC8139) 5050 Poplar Ave, Ste 170 > Systems Administrator Memphis, TN 38157 > WebNet Memphis (901) 432 6000 > Author, The Book of IRC http://www.bookofirc.com/ > ============================================================== > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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