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Posted: **Thu Nov 11, 2004 5:38 am**

Hi. I just spent about an hour getting my UnrealIRCD up. And now, I can't even get MOTD working! I have a MOTD file in the same directory that UnrealIRCD is installed in.......is that right? Am I just supposed to type the message in that file? Put it in brackets? A little help please.

Posted: **Thu Nov 11, 2004 7:44 am**

Did you remember to rehash?

Posted: **Thu Nov 11, 2004 3:18 pm**

No....but is there any particular formatting for the MOTD file? Or do I just type the message?

Posted: **Thu Nov 11, 2004 4:58 pm**

Just type the message. MOTD files are simple plain text files that are displayed to users as they are, with the exception that mIRC color codes and other usual formattings are supported.

Posted: **Thu Nov 11, 2004 8:04 pm**

simply rehashing won't work. You need to rehash -motd.

Posted: **Thu Nov 11, 2004 8:05 pm**

Thanks to all comments. How would I re-hash the MOTD file? Or whatever I gotta do. I'm runnin this on Windows.

Posted: **Thu Nov 11, 2004 8:28 pm**

jewles wrote:simply rehashing won't work. You need to rehash -motd.

Let me correct you. I'll show you how a simple /rehash reloads the MOTD:

1. No MOTD file, after UnrealIRCd startup and connecting as a client, I get the following message:
422 MOTD File is missing
2. After creating ircd.motd and /rehash'ing:
372 - ! TEST !
3. After modifying the contents of ircd.motd and doing a /rehash again:
372 - ! TEST ! <Changed>

Probably you are talking about an old behaviour, but newer Unreal versions (including Unreal3.2.2) reload the MOTD & Rules just fine. Of course, /rehash -motd can still be used to reload only those two files.

Posted: **Thu Nov 11, 2004 8:55 pm**

Of course, /rehash -motd can still be used to reload only those two files.

Then why not use /rehash -motd when that is all you wish to reload?

Posted: **Thu Nov 11, 2004 9:40 pm**

Thanks again for all your help. I can't seem to be able to give my self the permissions I need to rehash though heh. Here is the code I am using:

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oper SNewman {
     class clients;
     from {
        userhost *@*;
        
     };
     flags
     {
       r,O,A;
     };
};

Any ideas?[/code]

Posted: **Fri Nov 12, 2004 3:26 am**

SNewman wrote:Thanks again for all your help. I can't seem to be able to give my self the permissions I need to rehash though heh. Here is the code I am using:
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oper SNewman {
     class clients;
     from {
        userhost *@*;
        
     };
     flags
     {
       r,O,A;
     };
};
Any ideas?[/code]

You can't mix the old flags with the new format. Try using admin; (note that that's all you need)

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Posted: **Fri Nov 12, 2004 3:56 am**

doc/example.conf says you can still use the old flags. At least the Win32 version does. Would that be inaccurate and need to be removed? (Taken from Win32 - Unreal3.2.2)

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/*
 * NEW: oper {} 
 * OLD: O:Line 
 * Defines an IRC Operator
 * IRC operators are there to keep sanity to the server and usually keep it
 * maintained and connected to the network. 
 * The syntax is as follows: 
 * oper (login) { 
 *     class (class to put them in, if different from I, moves them to new
 *                class); 
 *     from { 
 *        userhost (ident@host);
 *        userhost (ident@host);
 *     }; 
 *     flags
 *     { 
 *       (flags here*);
 *     };
 *     OR
 *     flags "old type flags, like OAaRD";
 * };
 */