X-Git-Url: https://arthur.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2FServices.txt;h=f945bbf195c883534b35fdccef98a9fd73f2a902;hb=0ae158a492221421f9e8b531d16651e3bcd9ccee;hp=67053b16a93155e5315ca03e19fef9c709fd4f7a;hpb=1519afa391d7cb33957892fded23e1b1e178f1f3;p=ngircd-alex.git diff --git a/doc/Services.txt b/doc/Services.txt index 67053b16..f945bbf1 100644 --- a/doc/Services.txt +++ b/doc/Services.txt @@ -1,22 +1,27 @@ ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server + http://ngircd.barton.de/ - (c)2001-2008 Alexander Barton, - alex@barton.de, http://www.barton.de/ - + (c)2001-2011 Alexander Barton and Contributors. ngIRCd is free software and published under the terms of the GNU General Public License. -- Services.txt -- -At the moment, ngIRCd doesn't implement a "special IRC services interface". -But services acting as a "regular server" are supported, either using the IRC -protocol defined in RFC 1459 or RFC 2812. +ngIRCd doesn't implement a "special IRC services interface", but services +acting as a "regular servers" ("pseudo servers") are supported, either +using the IRC protocol as defined in RFC 1459 or RFC 2812. + +Support for Services has been tested using + - Anope 1.9.8 or later () + - Atheme 7.0.2 or later () + - "IRC Services" 5.1.x by Andrew Church () -Services have been tested using "IRC Services" version 5.x by Andrew Church, -homepage: . This document describes setting up -ngIRCd and these services. +This document describes setting up ngIRCd and these services. + +Please let us know if you are successfully using other IRC service packages or +which problems you encounter -- thanks! Setting up ngIRCd @@ -29,6 +34,10 @@ services instead of regular IRC users. Example: + [GLOBAL] + Name = server.irc.net + Ports = 6667 + [SERVER] Name = services.irc.net MyPassword = 123abc @@ -36,6 +45,82 @@ Example: ServiceMask = *Serv +Setting up Anope 1.9.x & 2.x +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Anope 1.9.8 or later () can be used with ngIRCd using +the "ngircd" protocol module. + +At least the following settings have to be tweaked, in addition to all the +settings marked as required by Anope: + +In conf/services.conf: + + define + { + name = "services.host" + value = "services.irc.net" + } + + uplink + { + host = "server.irc.net" + port = 6667 + password = "123abc" + } + + # Load ngIRCd protocol module + module + { + name = "ngircd" + } + + networkinfo + { + # Must be set to the "MaxNickLength" setting of ngIRCd! + nicklen = 9 + + # When not using "strict mode", which is the default: + userlen = 20 + + chanlen = 50 + } + +In conf/nickserv.conf: + + module + { + name = "nickserv" + + # not required if you are running ngIRCd with a higher nickname limit + # ("MaxNickLength") than 11 characters, but REQUIRED by default! + guestnickprefix = "G-" + } + + +Setting up Atheme 7.0.2 or later +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Atheme 7.0.2 or later () may be used with ngIRCd using +the "ngircd" protocol module. + +The following settings need to be in atheme.conf: + + loadmodule "modules/protocol/ngircd"; + + serverinfo { + name = "services.irc.net"; + } + + uplink "server.irc.net" { + password = "123abc"; + port = 6667; + }; + +The documentation of Atheme can be found in the doc/ directory of the +Atheme source distribution. + + Setting up IRC Services 5.1.x ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -46,7 +131,7 @@ Please note that versions up to and including 5.1.3 contain a bug that sometimes causes IRC Services to hang on startup. There are two workarounds: a) send the services process a HUP signal ("killall -HUP ircservices") b) apply this patch to the IRC Services source tree: - + At least the following settings have to be tweaked, in addition to all the settings marked as required by IRC Services: @@ -65,6 +150,3 @@ In modules.conf: The documentation of IRC Services can be found here: - -Please let us know if you are successfully using other IRC service packages or -which problems you encounter, thanks!