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Another DCC Chat question

2008-04-03T02:20:45-04:00

If you used /ctcp chat, then simply type .fixcodes in the partyline.

And yes, you may have multiple hosts for a user record. See .help, .help +host, .help -host, .help whois in the partyline.

Thanks once again for the fixcode tip - that fixed it

I've just corrected the hostmask problem - now TCL scripts!

Statistics: Posted by avggeek — Thu Apr 03, 2008 2:20 am

Another DCC Chat question

2008-04-03T02:11:06-04:00

If you used /ctcp chat, then simply type .fixcodes in the partyline.

And yes, you may have multiple hosts for a user record. See .help, .help +host, .help -host, .help whois in the partyline.

Statistics: Posted by strikelight — Thu Apr 03, 2008 2:11 am

Re: Another DCC Chat question

2008-04-03T02:14:21-04:00

You will not be able to chat your bot without a password set. You must message your bot and set a password first. ie. /msg pass

Also, your hostmask is incorrect... Hostmasks are of the form !@ .... You are missing the nick portion... You may want *!*@*, but as another note... this is highly insecure to set such a powerful user account to such a host.

Thanks for pointing out the problem! Once I fixed the hostmask the bot started responding . The open mask was because I was getting a little frustrated and so was trying to get the bot to respond. I'll fix it now - although I do have one question - are host masks independent of users? So for example, if I use CZ at work and mIRC at home I could set up 2 masks for each?
Scratch that - I think my understanding of masks was off - atleast about the username portion.

Now if I could only get those wierd ANSI colour codes out of the way - I would be all set

Statistics: Posted by avggeek — Thu Apr 03, 2008 2:08 am

Re: Another DCC Chat question

2008-04-03T01:39:05-04:00

The bot can even see my commands in the party-line:
Code:
[00:24:12] [balaji_dutt!n=chatzill@202.176.196.196] .help
Again no response from the bot.

This is probably simply the bot relaying what is privately messaged to him, that is not actually a user entering information on the partyline.

I have my bot.user file set up as follows for this account:
Code:
balaji_dutt - fjlmnoptvx              --HOSTS !*@*--XTRA created 1207124938
As you can see there is no password and no host restriction.

You will not be able to chat your bot without a password set. You must message your bot and set a password first. ie. /msg pass

Also, your hostmask is incorrect... Hostmasks are of the form !@ .... You are missing the nick portion... You may want *!*@*, but as another note... this is highly insecure to set such a powerful user account to such a host.

Statistics: Posted by strikelight — Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:39 am

Another DCC Chat question

2008-04-03T01:27:26-04:00

Unfortunately I've had to throw up my hands in defeat and ask yet another question about getting DCC Chat working.

I currently connect to IRC using ChatZilla from behind a transparent proxy (opening ports on the proxy is not an option). I am connecting to the Freenode network. I have been able to successfully initiate private chats with other users on the channel, but so far not with the bot.

Here are all the details I have been able to collect so far:

The Help Us to Help You thread suggested I try to get the bot to initiate a chat to me using /CTCP Chat. Before I try that, the thread suggests checking three things:

Bot has it's IP address right - I have the following entries in my .conf file:

Code:

set my-hostname "unixguru.us"set my-ip "69.90.127.132"

Running a reverse IP lookup shows that my setup does resolve properly.

There isn't a firewall issue - I ran a sockstats command when the bot is still running from the shell and I get the following output:

Code:

-bash-2.05b$ sockstat -4 -lUSER     COMMAND    PID   FD PROTO  LOCAL ADDRESS         FOREIGN ADDRESStechnoba eggdrop- 67766    3 tcp4   69.90.127.132:51112   *:*technoba eggdrop- 67766    4 udp4   *:3795                *:*technoba eggdrop- 67766    5 udp4   *:4229                *:*

I do know the first connection on port 51112 is the Bot telnet connection. The other UDP ports i assume are for DCC, based on my limited google-fu in this regard.

Is the bot behind a NAT - I ran ifconfig on my shell host account and this is the output:

Code:

-bash-2.05b$ ifconfigrl0: flags=8843 mtu 1500        inet 69.90.127.130 netmask 0xffffff80 broadcast 69.90.127.255        inet6 fe80::20d:61ff:fe6e:957f%rl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1        inet 69.90.127.131 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 69.90.127.131        inet [b]69.90.127.132[/b] netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 69.90.127.132

The above seems to suggest to me that the bot is not behind a NAT.

In searching on the forums, I realized that users can initiate private chats on freenode only if they are registered, so I added the "Chanservneed" script to the conf file. Monitoring the bot connection via ./eggdrop -nt shows the following:

Code:

[23:32:36] chanservneed: [Status] sending password to NickServ[23:32:36] -NOTICE- *** Your host is kubrick.freenode.net[kubrick.freenode.net/6667], running version hyperion-1.0.2b[23:32:36] -NickServ (NickServ@services.)- This nickname is owned by someone else[23:32:36] -NickServ (NickServ@services.)- If this is your nickname, type /msg NickServ IDENTIFY [23:32:36] CTCP VERSION:  from freenode-connect (freenode@freenode/bot/connect)[23:32:38] -NickServ (NickServ@services.)- Password accepted - you are now recognized

Since the channel is +m, I have autovoice on as well:

Code:

[23:32:47] #tb-bottest: mode change '+v babble_bot' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.

I am trying to chat with the bot using a registered account named balaji_dutt. When I send /ctcp chat, this is what I see via telnet:

Code:

[23:35:55] CTCP CHAT:  from balaji_dutt (n=chatzill@202.176.196.196)

after this nothing happens. Typing /dcc-accept in Chatzilla says 0 incoming requests.

The bot can even see my commands in the party-line:

Code:

[00:24:12] [balaji_dutt!n=chatzill@202.176.196.196] .help

Again no response from the bot.
I have my bot.user file set up as follows for this account:

Code:

balaji_dutt - fjlmnoptvx              --HOSTS !*@*--XTRA created 1207124938

As you can see there is no password and no host restriction.

At this point, I'm not sure what else to check so anyone who has any advice - I'd be most grateful!

Statistics: Posted by avggeek — Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:27 am