IRCD noob queries...

[Shintorojin]

Hey all, I'm pretty much an ircd noob, been around irc for most of my life, but this is the first time i'm trying to create a server. I know many of the problems i'm having have been ask in one manner or another, and i've read through about as many as i can before my eyes got sore and tired.

My first problem is, i'm running unrealircd 3.2.3 perfectly, but it won't let me oper up unless my oper password is in plaintext, once i'm operred up well i suppose it doesn't care what password i enter after that, i got it right first time. But if i set my password to md5 encryption without dropping, then i can oper fine. But if i restart the server, it no longer recognises my password. Any clue's as to why?

Secondly, i'm running openssl 0.9.7e but for some reason if anyone tries to connect on my ssl port it just says connection refused. I've opened the port on my router. And my normal port works fine. Any idea's about this? I've checked my mirc and it's loaded ssl lib's fine...

Thirdly, just a small query. would it be possible to create a module for the oper block, that instead of directly editing the server config file it would be possible for a say netadmin to add an oper remotely through an irc client? (Just curious, not major if you can't)

Thanks for any help you can guys/girls can afford me.

JM

A bit about my system:
win xp Pro
Adsl connection
512mb ram
celeron 2.4ghz
4port switch router

Oh and i'm using the precompiled windows version of UnrealIRCd...

[boyofwits]

If you use services with an operserv you can remotly add admins and opers. I dont know the answers to any of the other questions.

[Shintorojin]

Aye, okay thanks anyway. I'm attempting to implement anope, but i can't for the life of me sus out their example config, it's an absolute mess :\

Well hopefully someone else can help me with the other stuff...

JM

[Syzop]

Did you make the md5 password with unreal's /mkpasswd?
(/mkpasswd md5 somenicepass)

the item in the oper block should look like this:
password "$LfpjQ1Vv$xUk0u1gKnOe2+0jQyFRsVg==" { md5; };

^^ that's the password 'test', you could put it your oper block and then test it if you want :p.

once i'm operred up well i suppose it doesn't care what password i enter after that

Correct.. You need to "deoper" (/mode yournick -oO) and then /oper up again -- otherwise it doesn't even check the password.

[Shintorojin]

Syzop, how many of the modules in the modules folder should I load into the ircd?

And i changed it to md5 encryption, but then it doesn't work. If i use crypt it works. But i've had better responses from md5. Any thoughts?

Also, could you plz explain the process of setting up the precompiled windows version of unrealircd to accept ssl connections...

Thanks,
JM

[Syzop]

Syzop, how many of the modules in the modules folder should I load into the ircd?

Just modules/commands.dll and modules/cloak.dll

And i changed it to md5 encryption, but then it doesn't work. If i use crypt it works. But i've had better responses from md5. Any thoughts?

Did you do everything I described above? The password properly quoted, and tried my example? And of course /REHASH'ed (or restarted)..

[Shintorojin]

ah okay, i didn't have the speech marks("), crypt didn't need them so i figured md5 was the same. Also I added to that post, could you help me?

Thanks,
JM

[Syzop]

Since the SSL thing is unrelated to this, the topic has been split to here