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IRC is a chat system used by members of the AniNIX network. See IRC#Available Clients for access methods.
Etymology
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRC IRC] stands for Internet Relay Chat -- it is a method of text-based communication across the network via various servers. IRC has long been the self-hosted communication medium of choice for hackers, developers, and the fringe -- though overall adoption has dropped a bit with the rise of other social media, networks like [https://freenode.org Freenode] are growing. IRChttps://royal.pingdom.com/2012/04/24/irc-is-dead-long-live-irc/ is moving to the hacker niche, and we follow along.
Relevant Files and Software
The configuration for the IRC service is divided into two parts -- the daemon and services.
InspIRCd
The IRC daemon is powered by [https://inspircd.org/ InspIRCd 2]Category:InspIRCd. Relevant configuration is in [file:///etc/inspircd/inspircd.conf the conf file] and it logs to [file:///var/log/inspircd/startup.log startup.log].
Anope
The services component is supplied by [https://www.anope.org/ Anope 2]Category:Anope. Relevant configuration is in [file:///etc/anope/services.conf the services.conf] and it logs to the [file:///var/log/anope/ the anope log].
Anope also takes backups of [file:///var/db/anope/anope.db the anope database] to the backups folder in the same location. Category:TODO
Caution: Anope with version 2.0.3 has some issues with gcc6. If you start encountering segmentation faults with Anope, sign in to irc://anope.org#anope The Anope support IRC. Script a run of "sudo -u ircd gdb /usr/bin/services core". Enter "r " and when it crashes run "bt full". Quit out of everything and pastebin the file. Provide this to the support staff.
Anope Services' NickServ authentication can be linked to Sora for unified credentials.Category:LDAP
Service entities
The following entities can be messaged personally (PM'ed) for help with "/msg help
- NickServ will manage IRC nicknames.
- HostServ will manage IRC virtual hosts, to mask IP's.
- ChanServ will manage IRC channels -- new channels can be registered on the network here.
- MemoServ will manage IRC memos (short text-message-like messages between users).
Available Clients
You will need to use your own client. All IRC clients will connect to the service by providing the following information:
- Host: aninix.net
- Port: 6697
- The client should accept invalid certificates.
- The client should automatically join the #lobby channel.
- The client should provide a nickname and NickServ password that the user intends to use.
Clients by OS
Some example clients can be found here.
- Linux hosts are strongly recommended to use [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Weechat weechat] inside [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Tmux tmux] with the [https://weechat.org/themes/source/crym.theme.html/ crym theme], though a Hexchat version is also available.
- Windows hosts can connect to this service using [https://hexchat.github.io/ HexChat].
- Mac hosts can use [http://colloquy.info/downloads.html Colloquy].
- Android hosts can use [http://www.duckspike.net/andchat/ Andchat].
- iOS devices should use [http://colloquy.info/downloads.html Colloquy's mobile version].
Equivalents or Competition
Rivals to IRC include other IRC networks like [http://freenode.net Freenode], mail services like [https://inbox.google.com Google Inbox], and other chat systems like Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Snapchat, WhatsApp, etc. We use Discord to provide new users with a Web-only bridge to the IRC network at https://aninix.net/irc/ -- IRC/Discord Bridge is also available..
Additional Reference
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