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diff --git a/network/bitlbee/README b/network/bitlbee/README index 80aa8a0fa6..a47cd5c1df 100644 --- a/network/bitlbee/README +++ b/network/bitlbee/README @@ -1,42 +1,44 @@ -BitlBee is an IRC instant messaging gateway licensed under the terms of the -GPL. It communicates with the end user via the IRC protocol whilst interacting -with popular chat networks such as AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, and Jabber. The user's -buddies appear as normal IRC users in a channel, and conversations use the -private message facility of IRC. +BitlBee is an IRC instant messaging gateway licensed under the terms of +the GPL. It communicates with the end user via the IRC protocol whilst +interacting with popular chat networks such as AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, +and Jabber. The user's buddies appear as normal IRC users in a channel, +and conversations use the private message facility of IRC. -After your installation you will need to configure bitlbee. There are two ways -starting bitlbee: Either as a forked deamon (preferred), or the old way of starting -it through inetd (mostly deprecated these days). +After your installation you will need to configure bitlbee. There are +two ways starting bitlbee: Either as a forked deamon (preferred), or +the old way of starting it through inetd (mostly deprecated these days). -Bitlbee now includes a standard rc.bitlbee. To have this start on boot-up, add -the following code to /etc/rc.d/rc.local for example +Bitlbee now includes a standard rc.bitlbee. To have this start on boot-up, +add the following code to /etc/rc.d/rc.local for example if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.bitlbee ]; then /etc/rc.d/rc.bitlbee start fi -If you choose to use inetd , you need to modify your /etc/inetd.conf so bitlbee will -be started when /etc/rc.d/rc.inetd is called on bootup. Add the line below to -your /etc/inetd.conf file: - 6667 stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/bitlbee +If you choose to use inetd , you need to modify your /etc/inetd.conf +so bitlbee will be started when /etc/rc.d/rc.inetd is called on bootup. +Add the line below to your /etc/inetd.conf file: + 6667 stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/sbin/tcpd + /usr/sbin/bitlbee -Restart inetd (/etc/rc.d/rc.inetd restart). All that is left to do now is -connect your irc client to the localhost. +Restart inetd (/etc/rc.d/rc.inetd restart). All that is left to do now +is connect your irc client to the localhost. -if you want to use libevent for events, instead of the default glib, install -libevent and run the script like this: EVENTS=libevent ./bitlbee.SlackBuild +if you want to use libevent for events, instead of the default glib, +install libevent and run the script like this: EVENTS=libevent +./bitlbee.SlackBuild -OTR (Off the record) is not compiled by default. If you want bitlbee to -compile with OTR capabilities, you'll need to install libotr from Slackware -and run the script as follows: OTR=yes ./bitlbee.SlackBuild +OTR (Off the record) is not compiled by default. If you want bitlbee +to compile with OTR capabilities, you'll need to install libotr from +Slackware and run the script as follows: OTR=yes ./bitlbee.SlackBuild -NOTE: The default "bot"/bitlbee daemon is called 'root'. This is not the root -user on your system. You can easily change it. Register and identify yourself -first, and then: - rename root BitlBot - (or whatever you want) +NOTE: The default "bot"/bitlbee daemon is called 'root'. This is not +the root user on your system. You can easily change it. Register and +identify yourself first, and then: + rename root BitlBot (or whatever you want) -NOTE: Since bitlbee now runs as a daemon instead of from inetd, bitlbee runs -under its own user (UID/GID: 250). If you have older databases of bitlbee, you -may want to change the permissions on the files in /var/lib/bitlbee. +NOTE: Since bitlbee now runs as a daemon instead of from inetd, bitlbee +runs under its own user (UID/GID: 250). If you have older databases +of bitlbee, you may want to change the permissions on the files in +/var/lib/bitlbee. |