This tutorial shows you how to setup psyBNC on an Ubuntu 12.04 VPS. We have to download and install the libraries psyBNC. How To Install and Configure Sphinx. PsyBNC is an easy and lightweight bouncer that runs on Linux and supports many features, in this tutorial we'll set up a bouncer and connect to the Freenode server. Install libraries Before downloading psyBNC, we have to download and install the libraries psyBNC depends on.

Status: Deprecated This article covers a version of Ubuntu that is no longer supported. If you are currently operate a server running Ubuntu 12.04, we highly recommend upgrading or migrating to a supported version of Ubuntu: •. • • Reason: and no longer receives security patches or updates. This guide is no longer maintained.

See Instead: This guide might still be useful as a reference, but may not work on other Ubuntu releases. If available, we strongly recommend using a guide written for the version of Ubuntu you are using. You can use the search functionality at the top of the page to find a more recent version. Introduction Bouncers are small, lightweight software for usage in IRC (Internet Relay Chat). Bouncers have multiple benefits but they mainly allow a user to hide their original connection source and let the user be left connected after disconnecting from their client.

PsyBNC is an easy and lightweight bouncer that runs on Linux and supports many features, in this tutorial we'll set up a bouncer and connect to the Freenode server. Install libraries Before downloading psyBNC, we have to download and install the libraries psyBNC depends on.

We can do so by logging into SSH and executing the following command: sudo apt-get install patch make gcc build-essential libncurses5-dev After executing that command, Ubuntu will ask to confirm to download and install the libraries. Downloading psyBNC and extracting When the installation is finished, we can start downloading psyBNC. At moment of this writing, psyBNC 2.3 is the latest version. PsyBNC is not in the Ubuntu repository so we'll have to download it from the site.

To do so execute the following command: wget When the download is finished, which should take a few moments, extract the package by doing the following command: tar -zxvf psyBNC-2.3.2-7.tar.gz Now, let's enter the folder by doing this command: cd psybnc Setting Up and Compiling psyBNC We can now start setting up psyBNC; execute the following command: make menuconfig A new text interface should start up. In this interface we can change multiple things but lets keep most of it on default for now. Navigate to the bouncer-config section and select Listening Ports. Select the current port and enter a new port (or keep the default port). Make sure you keep the asterisk and space in front of it. Radiometry and the detection of optical radiation pdf. For example: * 1337 Now navigate back by pressing escape and select exit twice. You should now be back in your main SSH interface.

Now we can start compiling psyBNC with the following command: make Starting psyBNC When it's compiled, we can start psyBNC up by doing the next command:./psybnc Now you should be able to connect to your bouncer with an IRC client with the following command: /server DROPLETIP PORT PASSWORD • DROPLETIP = host or ip of your droplet (VPS) • The port you picked in the previous step (by default 31337) • Your psyBNC password, the one you use to login now will be your password You're now connected to your bouncer. Connecting to Freenode Now lets say you want to connect to Freenode and idle on the DigitalOcean channel. You can do so by first adding Freenode to your server list by doing the following command: /addserver wolfe.freenode.net:6667 After a moment your bouncer should connect with the VPS. Now join the DigitalOcean channel with the next command: /j #digitalocean And there, you've set up a bouncer on the freenode server.

Contents • • • • • • • • psyBNC Information psyBNC is an extremely easy to use IRC-bouncer which has many features. Some of these features include ciphering of talk and connections (Blowfish and IDEA), the possibility of linking multiple bouncers to an internal network including a shared partyline, vhost- and relay support to connected bouncers and an extensive online help system. Many other helpful functions are included. Install & Setup Getting psyBNC psyBNC is not in the Ubuntu apt repo's yet so we have to grab the source tarball from the site. Cd wget tar -zxvf psyBNC-2.3.2-7.tar.gz cd psybnc You are now inside the psyBNC directory and ready to start configuring. Configuration Now you can launch an ncurses based menu to configure your bot.

Make menuconfig Take a look at the options and customize your bot till it is the way you like it. Now go in `Bouncer Config', next set Listening Port and Ip.

Next select `User' Here you will be able to create a user for your bouncer. You must set Ident, Realname and Password, and vhost too. So return to main menu, and choose exit.