RE: Creating Channels

["Stephane " Clipper " Rosa" <stephane@xxxxxxx>]

On 17-Feb-00 Paul Rice wrapped up these bytes together:
> Hi.  I run a virtual server which has ircd installed for private server irc
> usage.  It's not linked to any of the major networks, in other words.
> 
> My problem is that my server provider doesn't support the product, just
> provides it, so I'm out on a limb when it comes to configuration.
> 
> I have the irc server up and running fine.  I can connect to it and create
> channels once connected.  But of course, if I disconnect, the channels are
> gone.

Sure. This is the standard behaviour of any ircd server.

> 
> I'd like to be able to create some permanent channels that remain there
> whether I'm there or not.   I'm pretty sure this means I need to have @W user
> sitting in the channel all the time, but I can't find anywhere to make that
> happen.  The documentation is not all that forthcoming, and everything on the
> net I've seen about creating channels refers to contacting the channel
> registry on the linked networks, but says nothing about any private irc
> servers.

As you said, the only way to keep a channel open is to have a user sitting
in there. To do this, you just need to install a bot. It is a small program,
a "robot" in fact, which connects to your channel and stays there permanently.
It has several embedded functions, usually, to help you administer your channel,
by typically setting the modes in the channel, protecting your channel by
kicking/banning flooders, etc.

The only problem is that unless this program sits on the same machine as your
ircd daemons, you need an open network connection between your machine and the
server, as if you were a normal user. But since you seem to have access to the
server machine itself, you shouldn't have a problem.

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HTH
Cheers
Clipper


> 
> Can anyone offer help, or, if this is not on-topic for this list, point me in
> a direction to go find out how to do this?  I would definately appreciate it.
> 
> 
> 
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