Re: Configuring a server for localhost

[Hugo Haas <hugoh@xxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jul 08, 1999, Robert Martin-Legène wrote:
> > I'm trying to configure a server for localhost connections.
> 
> 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)
> [..]

It works fine! Thanks a lot.

I think that this should be documented as an example in docs/INSTALL.txt
since it is useful and not straightforward.

> > 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.

Unfortunately not. I tried to create a new class for operators without any
result. Moreover, the class I am using does not have any limit and I am
alone on the server. ;-)

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