MOTD

R2-D2 · Post by **R2-D2** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 4:37 pm

Im running the latest version of Unreal IRC and im new to all this. Ive created a MOTD File and saved it as MOTD in the Unreal file on my HDD. Ive gone to rehash and selected MOTD it says

[16:37:11] -**- *** Notice -- Rehashing all MOTD and Rules files via the console

but nothing elese happens and the motd file is not found

am i doing something wrong?

Stealth · Post by **Stealth** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 6:41 pm

your MOTD file needs to be named "ircd.motd"

R2-D2 · Post by **R2-D2** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 7:20 pm

will the server need to be reset to enable it to load up?

SpaceDoG · Post by **SpaceDoG** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 7:46 pm

No. Once you change the name of the file you just need to rehash the server.

R2-D2 · Post by **R2-D2** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:12 pm

in that case its not doing it.. it says motd file missing

Stealth · Post by **Stealth** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:37 pm

then it probably is still named incorrectly

R2-D2 · Post by **R2-D2** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:50 pm

its labled ircd.motd

its in the unrealirc folder

Post by **Jobe** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 9:43 pm

Are you by any chance running Unreal on windows?

Secondly, if using windows, when you right click on the file and click properties does it say for "Type of file": "MOTD File" or "Text Document"?

R2-D2 · Post by **R2-D2** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 9:50 pm

yes im running on Windows (Windows XP)

and its a config file

Post by **Jobe** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:33 pm

A "config file"?

When i right click on mine on windows, then click properties it says beside "Type of File": "MOTD File"

Why i was asking is by default windows hides known file extensions such as .txt so if you edited it in notepad and saved it as ircd.motd notepad would normally by default save that as ircd.motd.txt and would then appear as ircd.motd even though being a .txt

R2-D2 · Post by **R2-D2** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 11:05 pm

yea i see the problem

all done thanks!