Adding Oper blocks

[danman]

Hi,

I was reading the documentation here

However when log-ing in, using the command "oper dan mypassword", i would get: 491: No O-lines for your host
so I went back and tried changing some values and eventually gave up and just tried to copy and paste the example given. so, i put this into my conf file:

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oper bobsmith {
	class clients;
	from {
		userhost [email protected];
	};
	password "f00";
	flags {
		netadmin;
		can_gkline;
		can_gzline;
		can_zline;
		can_restart;
		can_die;
		global;
	};
	swhois "Example of a whois mask";
	snomask frebWqFv;
};

first off, i apologize for my lack of knowledge in this particular area.
Must I change the user host area to whatever i get when doing /whois on myself? Ive tried to read up on this, but am still left puzzled.
Second, when i try /operbobsmith f00, i will get the error i mentioned at the top of my post.
Is there something I am missing?
(i will change the pass/username when done)

[Jobe]

The error you get is because your real ident@host, or the user name you use for /oper is incorrect.

Note the oper::from::userhost masks must match your REAL rDNS host name or ip and the ident shown in /whois, also note user names for /oper are case sensitive.

[danman]

Ok.

i verified the username, its indeed "bobsmith"

i did a whois lookup on myself.

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whois Zoomber
311: zoomber ~zoomber adsl-255-255-255-255.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net * zoomber
319: zoomber @#zoomber
312: zoomber irc.****.com Irc Server
317: zoomber 36 1320284558 seconds idle, signon time
318: Zoomber End of /WHOIS list.

255.255.255.255 replaced by my real ip

when i do a whois on the irc server, i do get a disguise on the ip:

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311: zoomber ~zoomber rox-C45374EA.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net * zoomber

so am I assuming my user-host must be "[email protected]"
I still receive no O-line for it, im not sure what I am doing wrong. I tried entering it in a few ways too, to no avail. My host is dynamic too, will this be a problem, and one able to get around?

[cheiron]

if your host is very dynamic ... there is one easy option but please bear in mind one important fact'

It is NOT secure..

from {
userhost *@*;
};

that will allow ANY ip to oper up.. provided they have the oper name and the oper password. It's not ideal but that is one way you could do it....

[danman]

thanks!