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| ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server | |
| (c)2001-2010 by Alexander Barton, | |
| alex@barton.de, http://www.barton.de/ | |
| ngIRCd is free software and published under the | |
| terms of the GNU General Public License. | |
| -- FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions -- | |
| I. General | |
| ~~~~~~~~~~ | |
| Q: Is it possible to link the ngIRCd with non-ngIRCd servers? | |
| A: Yes. ngIRCd is compatible to the original ircd used by IRCNet. Actually | |
| this is being tested with version 2.10.3p3. Please note that newer | |
| versions (2.11.x) aren't compatible any more! | |
| Q: Is there a homepage with further information and downloads? | |
| A: Yes. Please visit <http://ngircd.barton.de/>. | |
| Q: Why should I use ngIRCd instead of the original one? | |
| A: ngIRCd offers several benefits: no problems with dynamic IPs, easy to | |
| configure, open source (GPL), under active development. | |
| II. Compilation | |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
| Q: I did a "CVS checkout" but can't execute ./configure because the script | |
| is missing in the generated directory!? | |
| A: When using development versions via CVS, the configure script as well as | |
| the Makefile.in templates must be generated using GNU automake and GNU | |
| autoconf. To simplify this task run the ./autogen.sh script which will | |
| execute the required tools for you; then continue with executing the | |
| ./configure script as usual. | |
| Q: The ./autogen.sh script complains "aclocal: command not found". | |
| A: GNU automake is missing on your system but required for building CVS | |
| versions of ngIRCd. Install GNU automake 1.6 or later and try again. | |
| Q: The ./autogen.sh script stops with "autoheader: command not found". | |
| A: GNU autoconf is missing on your system but required for building CVS | |
| versions of ngIRCd. Install GNU autoconf 2.52 or later and try again. | |
| Q: The ./autogen.sh script fails and the message "automake: configure.in: | |
| AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE must be used" is displayed. | |
| A: Most probably you are using version 1.5 of GNU automake which seems to be | |
| incompatible to the build system of ngIRCd. Solution: upgrade to at least | |
| version 1.6 of GNU automake. | |
| (If you are using Debian 3.0 "Woody" you can try to downgrade to version | |
| 1.4 of GNU automake shipped with this distribution; it should work, too.) | |
| III. Runtime | |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
| Q: Where is the log file located? | |
| A: ngIRCd does not write its own log file. Instead, ngIRCd uses syslog(3). | |
| Check the files in /var/log/ and/or consult the documentation for your | |
| system logger daemon. | |
| Q: I cannot connect to remote peers when I use the chroot option, the | |
| following is logged: "Can't resolve example.com: unknown error!". | |
| A: see next question blow ... | |
| Q: When running ngIRCd inside a chroot, no IP addresses can be translated | |
| in DNS names, errors like "Name or service not known" are logged. | |
| A: On Linux/glibc with chroot enabled you need to put some libraries inside | |
| the chroot as well, notably libnss_dns; maybe others. Unfortunately, even | |
| linking ngIRCd statically does not help this. So you can either copy | |
| all the required files into the chroot directory: | |
| $ mkdir -p ./chroot/etc ./chroot/lib | |
| $ cp -a /etc/hosts /etc/resolv.conf /etc/nsswitch.conf ./chroot/etc/ | |
| $ cp -a /lib/libresolv* /lib/libnss_* ./chroot/lib/ | |
| Or you can try to link ngIRCd against an other C library (like dietlibc) | |
| that doesn't depend on NSS modules and/or these files. | |
| Q: I have added an [Oper] section, how do i log on as IRC operator? | |
| A: You can use the /OPER command in your IRC client to become an IRC operator. | |
| ngIRCd will also log all OPER requests (using syslog), if OPER fails you | |
| can look there to determine why it did not work (bad password, unauthorized | |
| host mask, etc.) | |
| Q: I am an IRC operator, but MODE doesn't work! | |
| A: You need to set 'OperCanUseMode = yes' in ngircd.conf, then IRC operators | |
| can use the MODE command for changing modes even when they are not joined | |
| to the specific channel. | |
| Q: How can I "auto-op" users in channels? | |
| A: ngIRCd can't do this: you would have to use some "IRC Services", like | |
| Atheme (<http://atheme.net/atheme.html>) or Anope (<http://www.anope.org>). | |
| See "doc/Services.txt" for setup instructions. | |
| IV. Bugs!? | |
| ~~~~~~~~~~ | |
| Q: Is there a list of known bugs and desired feature enhancements? | |
| A: Yes. Have a look at the bug tracking system (GitHub issues) for ngIRCd located | |
| at <https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/issues>. There you can file bug | |
| reports and feature requests as well as search the bug database. | |
| Q: What should I do if I found a bug? | |
| A: Please file a bug report at <https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/issues/new>! | |
| The author will be notified automagically :-) | |