MOTD Files Missing

ng1200 · Post by **ng1200** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 1:31 pm

hi,
i have downloaded Unreal 3.2.1 for win32,
and,
the MOTD files are missing!
what can i do?

Dukat · Post by **Dukat** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 2:17 pm

Create them?

You of course have to write your own MOTD - it's for your server, after all.

ng1200 · Post by **ng1200** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 2:39 pm

i need guide...
i dont know what to write...

codemastr · Post by **codemastr** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 4:45 pm

You put whatever you want in it, ircd.motd is a plaintext file. Just type whatever text you want displayed when someone does /motd.

katsklaw · Post by **katsklaw** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 10:35 pm

If this is on a unix/linux shell account .. cd into your ircd run directory and type:

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touch ircd.motd
touch oper.motd
touch ircd.smotd
touch ircd.svsmotd
touch ircd.rules
touch bot.motd

touch command simply creates blank files so you would still need to edit them .. but this can be done after the IRCd is running then reloaded with a /rehash -motd

ng1200 · Post by **ng1200** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 12:50 pm

i have created it in src folder,
and when i'm connecting with XChat
i see the message: MOTD file is missing

AngryWolf · Post by **AngryWolf** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 3:16 pm

To katsklaw: He is using Windows as you can see in his first post.

To ng1200: MOTD files should be placed in the main directory ("Unreal3.2").

codemastr · Post by **codemastr** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 3:20 pm

Also make sure to /rehash -motd after creating it.

pepolez · Post by **pepolez** » Sun Oct 31, 2004 2:15 am

Ok, now I know where all the MOTD files are, what are the commands for viewing them and who are they meant to be shown to?

katsklaw wrote:
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ircd.motd
oper.motd
ircd.smotd
ircd.svsmotd
ircd.rules
bot.motd

i know what ircd.motd bot.motd and ircd.rules are and how to view them and who they are for, but i am unsure of the others

katsklaw · Post by **katsklaw** » Sun Oct 31, 2004 3:16 am

pepolez, they are nothing but plain text files .. open them in notepad or any of your favorite editor.

pepolez · Post by **pepolez** » Sun Oct 31, 2004 11:27 am

you misunderstood me katsklaw, i meant like you type /motd to view ircd.motd and /rules to view ircd.rules and so on, im just wondering what i would use to see oper.motd, ircd.smotd, & ircd.svsmotd in irc and who they are meant to apply to. for example, ircd.motd is for all users, ircd.rules is also for all users and bot.motd is for bots.

P.S. I don't use windows anyway

Solutech · Post by **Solutech** » Sun Oct 31, 2004 11:54 am

oper.motd is the opers motd

ircd.smotd is the short motd for ircd users

ircd.svsmotd would be I presume as I have never used it services motd .

Just as a byline why Message of the day ? Does anyone ever change theirs daily ? ......

Post by **Syzop** » Sun Oct 31, 2004 1:01 pm

The various additional files are explained here:
http://www.vulnscan.org/UnrealIrcd/unre ... addtlfiles

Except that ircd.svsmotd isn't listed, but that file isn't really ment for direct editting.. it's written remotely by services and gets appended at the end of /MOTD.

pepolez · Post by **pepolez** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 8:21 am

Solutech wrote: Just as a byline why Message of the day ? Does anyone ever change theirs daily ? ......

I don't, and I don't know anyone that does, except when they are starting their network and cant decide on a good MOTD

w00t · Post by **w00t** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 12:56 am

codemastr wrote:/rehash -motd

Uh, I may be wrong but I thought you guys removed REHASH flags...?