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--- installing_irc_at_home [2020/07/11 16:24] – [opers.conf] vhost addition waxphilosophic
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 This how-to covers installing and IRC server and clients for a typical home LAN. The hardware and OS used is a Raspberry Pi 2 with FreeBSD 12.1, but any system with a recent BSD variant should work with little need or no modification.
-At the time of writing, the SDF servers run InspIRCd for the server side and ircII for the default client. The same software is used in this document. In addition, this how-to covers Pidgin, a Windows/Mac GUI client that can be used for IRC as well as other instant messaging protocols.
+At the time of writing, the SDF servers run InspIRCd for the server side and ircII for the default client. The same software is used in this document. In addition, this how-to covers Pidgin, a Windows/Mac GUI client that can be used for IRC as well as other instant messaging protocols. Mozilla Thunderbird has IRC capabilities and is covered as well.
 ===== Installing Server-Side Software =====
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 ==== opers.conf ====
-opers.conf is not included since most of the changes involved deleting the bottom third of the file.
+This is an abreviated diff of opers.conf since most of the changes involved deleting the bottom third of the file.
+<code>
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+<     vhost="netadmin.omega.example.org"
+---
+>     vhost="netadmin.beastie2.home.lan"
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+<
+< # Operator account with a plaintext password.
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+<       # name: Oper login that is used to oper up (/OPER <username> <password>).
+<       # Remember: This is case sensitive.
+<       name="Attila"
+---
+>     name="beastie"
+>     hash="sha256"
+>     password="1ec1c26b50d5d3c58d9583181af8076655fe00756bf7285940ba3670f99fcba0"
+>     host="*@*"
+>     type="NetAdmin">
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+[Not shown for brevity.]
+</code>
 ==== motd.txt ====
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 See this WikiHow article for a guided step-by-step with pictures: [[ https://www.wikihow.com/Automatically-Join-an-IRC-Channel-in-Pidgin ]]
+===== Thunderbird for GUI clients =====
+In addition to email, Thunderbird also has IRC capabilities. To access, find Chat on the toolbar. It's after Get Messages and Write. Click Chat.
+Unless you've set up Thunderbird as a chat client previously, you'll be looking at a message that say you haven't set up any chat accounts, and a button labeled Get Started. Click on Get Started.
+Follow the set-up wizard.
+  * Select IRC as the network.
+  * Enter your nickname and IRC server hostname (beastie.home.lan if you're following the example.)
+  * You can leave the password blank.
+  * Change the port to 6667 in the Advanced Options.
+  * Remove the check for Use SSL in the Advanced Options.
+Leave the box checked for connect Connect to This Account Now to test.
 ====== Go Forth and Conquer ======