Current Network Information
This
IrcD page is mostly focused on IRC FAQs and related information. See the
IrcdNetwork page for current information on the setup and ongoing progress of the Indymedia IRC Network.
Getting OP privileges
The only way to op people in a channel is if you are a channel
operator. As you know, you can only be a channel operator if you are
the first person in the channel, or if someone gives you operator
status who already has it (in most IRC clients that works by doing a
/mode channel +o chris_msp).
So what do you do when there are no
channel operators in a channel, or the only operator is asleep for the
last 4 days? On our network, Atheme Services are available. One of these Services is Operserv, which has global IRC operator
status. If you are a IRCOP (more than a channel operator - you will know if you are an IRCOP), you should also have been given the ability to utilize the features of Operserv.
If you wanted to secure a channel's operator status, you would first
authenticate with Operserv:
/oper
Then type your oper password.
Only then you can send operserv commands:
/msg operserv help
(which will get you all the commands you can send to operserv)
/msg operserv mode #tech +o anarcat
This will cause Operserv to give channel operator privileges to anarcat in #tech. --
TheAnarcat - 05 Oct 2008
Chanserv, Statserv, Nickserv, and Memoserv are also available.
If you are interested in volunteering to be an IRCOP, join #ircd and talk to someone there. Our structure is open, and if you are interested in taking the time to learn how to properly take care of an
IrcD, you can be of some assistance.
Logging with logger.pl
There is a perl script installed on kropotkin that can log irc channels. Start it with:
sudo -u logger /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/local/sbin/logger.pl -html $PASSWORD irc://localhost:6667/$CHANNEL $CHANNEL $LOG_DIR $LOG_URL
For #tech on kropotkin, it looks like people don't like to have public logs, so change the LOG_URL to something similar to
http://no-url-for-now
sudo -u logger /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/local/sbin/logger.pl -html $PASSWORD irc://localhost:6667/tech tech
/home/logger http://no-url-for-now
Of course, $PASSWORD is to be changed to something.
You can get this script from here:
http://cvs.ilrt.org/cvsweb/redland/logger/logger
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JiBe - 06 Jun 2002
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ChristopherMitchell - 05 Jun 2002
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