Re: Configuring a server for localhost

[Robert Martin-Legène <robert@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, Hugo Haas wrote:

> I'm trying to configure a server for localhost connections.
> 
> I tried to specify I-lines with my machine name, 'localhost', my machine IP
> address, '127.0.0.1' but I always get unauthorized connection messages.
> 
> I also tried to change the M-line, but it didn't help either.
> 
> Here is my very simple configuration:
> 
> M:localhost::My office:6665:
> A:Hugo:hugoh@xxxxxxx:Localhost server::
> P::::6665:
> Y:10:180:::512000::
> I:127.0.0.1::localhost::10
> I:18.29.0.76::::10
> O:*:test:hugo::5


Try this kind of setup:

robert@irc(0) ~ $ grep irc.ircnet.dk ~ircd/conf/ircd.conf
M:irc.ircnet.dk:195.215.15.254:Copenhagen, Denmark:6667
I:195.215.15.254::irc.ircnet.dk::987
I:irc.ircnet.dk::::987:localhost interface (yes, it looks strange)
[..]

> Another weird problem: when I'm connected, if I try to user the OPER
> command, the server replies "no O-line for your host".

It might be that the class in the O: line is full. Change it to a class
that's not full and see what happens.

> Can somebody explain to me what I am doing wrong?

Hope I did :-)

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