You can now check out who's on IRC the most and other assorted statistics at http://irc.ps2trident.com/ If you aren't appearing on the user list, make sure you registered your nickname, to do so, execute the following command: Code: /msg NickServ REGISTER <password> <email> Replace <password> with your password and <email> with your email address. Then, every time you join IRC, type the following command to login Code: /msg NickServ IDENTIFY <password> Replace <password> with your password. --Jack
yo, jack. How do I chance my password? I accidently copy pasted your link like this | /msg NickServ IDENTIFY <password> see all the space... everyone online saw password to irc :|
14:38:31 <Celliosh> help set password 14:38:31 -NickServ(NickServ@services.ps2trident.com)- ***** NickServ Help ***** 14:38:31 -NickServ(NickServ@services.ps2trident.com)- Help for SET PASSWORD: 14:38:31 -NickServ(NickServ@services.ps2trident.com)- 14:38:31 -NickServ(NickServ@services.ps2trident.com)- SET PASSWORD changes the password of an account. 14:38:31 -NickServ(NickServ@services.ps2trident.com)- 14:38:31 -NickServ(NickServ@services.ps2trident.com)- Syntax: SET PASSWORD <new password> 14:38:31 -NickServ(NickServ@services.ps2trident.com)- 14:38:31 -NickServ(NickServ@services.ps2trident.com)- Example: 14:38:31 -NickServ(NickServ@services.ps2trident.com)- /msg NickServ SET PASSWORD swordfish 14:38:31 -NickServ(NickServ@services.ps2trident.com)- ***** End of Help *****
Because a lot of people are using clients which connect directly to the server. The web chat is basically a proxy.
I have a server operating from Linode in the UK. My IRC client is running on that server, so the IP the stats see is correctly recognized as an UK IP.
out of curiosity: why would you want to run the client on the server, and not locally? just to have it always running?
For one, yes, I'm always connected. So I have logs and backlog for what's been going on when I'm AFK. For people new to IRC, that probably doesn't mean much, however I've been on IRC for over 15 years now. A lot of relationships and connections have been made there. I also have some responsibility for channels etc with that much time invested. The other is I can use the same client wherever I am, at home, at work, on the road etc.
Being always online on IRC through server clients evolved because originally, when you were given operator status or started a channel, leaving the server/getting disconnected would make you lose your operator privileges and it would be near impossible to gain them back unless you had op'd a friend who could op you back. As a result, 2 things developed. The first are services packages, such as Atheme. These give you bots such as NickServ and ChanServ which allow you to register channels and be auto op'd when you login. The second are IRC bouncers such as ZNC (what I run). These are basically proxies which run on a server and you then connect to. They relay all your messages to the server and store messages sent directly to you while you were offline, etc. You may have noticed I haven't disconnected since I started the server, in reality I have, but my proxy has not.
I run a terminal IRC client on my server. This runs in a program called screen that can be left running in the background after I disconnect from the server. I just ssh into the server (get a terminal connection to it in layman terms) and type "screen -rd" and I have my IRC-session in front of me.
