Acky.net > Tutorials > IRC ( Internet Relay Chat )

PART 1: Downloading and Compiling BNC.2.6.x
type ->	ftp ftp.acky.net Name: anonymous Password: a@b.com
type ->	cd pub/bnc/
type ->	get bnc2.6.4.tar.gz
type ->	quit
type ->	gunzip bnc2.6.4.tar.gz
type ->	tar -xf bnc2.6.4.tar
type ->	CD bnc2.6.4
type ->	./configure
type ->	make
PART 2: Encrypting the Password
type ->	./mkpasswd "When it prompts you, enter in what you want your bnc pass to be" "Save the encrypted Password for later use"
PART 3: Setup the BNC Configuration File
type ->	pico bnc.conf ( edit the information in red italics ) + you need the + sign there to show the password is in encrypted format
-	S:+supervisorpassword	( This will be the encrypted password you made earlier )
-	D:9823742:2:+password	port_to_use:number_of_users:excrypted_access_password
-	C:6667	default irc port to connect to
-	X:default.vhost.com	default virtual host. (If you don't know what this would be, use the IP or address you Telnet to)
-	V:additional.vhost.com	If there is more than one vhost for the server enter it here. This way you can change your host without editing the config file.
-	V:additional.vhost.com	ditto
-	P:pid.bnc	leave this as is. It's for Crontab.
-	L:bnc.log	Change this to what you want the log file name to be
-	W:1	enable dynamic idents on servers with identwd installed
-	A:1:*	allows a list of IP's that can use the BNC
type ->	ctrl+x ( to save your file )
type ->	./bnc bnc.conf