Section 5. Setting up ngIRCd

Step 1. Editing ngIRCd.conf

New change to botman:

1. You will want to set static channels for your bots.

1. This can be done by editing /etc/ngircd/ngircd.conf use nano or your editor of choice.

nano /etc/ngircd/ngircd.conf

scroll down until you see

[Server]

# More [Server] sections, if you like ...``

2. Copy and past the following into ngircd.conf right below the above

   [Channel]

   Name = #bot1

   
   

   # Topic for this channel

   Topic = Bot alerts channel

   
   

   # Initial channel modes

   ;Modes = tnk

   
   

   # initial channel password (mode k)

   ;Key = Secret

   
   

   # Key file, syntax for each line: “<user>:<nick>:<key>”.

   # Default: none.

   ;KeyFile = /etc/ngircd/#chan.key

   
   

   # maximum users per channel (mode l)

   ;MaxUsers = 23

   
   

   [Channel]

   # Name of the channel

   Name = #bot2

   
   

   # Topic for this channel

   Topic = Bot alerts channel

   
   

   # Initial channel modes

   ;Modes = tnk

   
   

   # initial channel password (mode k)

   ;Key = Secret

   
   

   # Key file, syntax for each line: “<user>:<nick>:<key>”.

   # Default: none.

   ;KeyFile = /etc/ngircd/#chan.key

   
   

   # maximum users per channel (mode l)

   ;MaxUsers = 23

   
   

   [Channel]

   # Name of the channel

   Name = #new_alerts

   
   

   # Topic for this channel

   Topic = Bot tracker channel

   
   

   # Initial channel modes

   ;Modes = tnk

   
   

   # initial channel password (mode k)

   ;Key = Secret

   
   

   # Key file, syntax for each line: “<user>:<nick>:<key>”.

   # Default: none.

   ;KeyFile = /etc/ngircd/#chan.key

   
   

   # maximum users per channel (mode l)

   ;MaxUsers = 23

   
   

   [Channel]

   # Name of the channel

   Name = #new_watch

   
   

   # Topic for this channel

   Topic = Bot watch channel

   
   

   # Initial channel modes

   ;Modes = tnk

   
   

   # initial channel password (mode k)

   ;Key = Secret

   
   

   # Key file, syntax for each line: “<user>:<nick>:<key>”.

   # Default: none.

   ;KeyFile = /etc/ngircd/#chan.key

   
   

   # maximum users per channel (mode l)

   ;MaxUsers = 23

   
   

   [Channel]

   # Name of the channel

   Name = #new_watch_wat

   
   

   # Topic for this channel

   Topic = Bot watch channel

   
   

   # Initial channel modes

   ;Modes = tnk

   
   

   # initial channel password (mode k)

   ;Key = Secret

   
   

   # Key file, syntax for each line: “<user>:<nick>:<key>”.

   # Default: none.

   ;KeyFile = /etc/ngircd/#chan.key

   
   

   # maximum users per channel (mode l)

   ;MaxUsers = 23

   
   

   [Channel]

   # Name of the channel

   Name = #new_tracker

   
   

   # Topic for this channel

   Topic = Bot tracker channel

   
   

   # Initial channel modes

   ;Modes = tnk

   
   

   # initial channel password (mode k)

   ;Key = Secret

   
   

   # Key file, syntax for each line: “<user>:<nick>:<key>”.

   # Default: none.

   ;KeyFile = /etc/ngircd/#chan.key

   
   

   # maximum users per channel (mode l)

   ;MaxUsers = 23

4. crtl + X
5. Y
6. enter
7. sudo service ngircd stop
8. sudo service ngircd start
9. sudo service ngircd status
10. done!