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diffyQ

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From: dc

Registered: 2006-08-29

Posts: 13

bitlbee and xinetd

i recently started running xmonad as my WM, so i thought i'd give bitlbee a go.  i've installed weechat and bitlbee, and i followed the instructions on this wiki page: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bitlbee .  but in weechat, "/connect 127.0.0.1" gives

[17:03:40] =!= WeeChat Error: server "127.0.0.1" not found
[17:03:40] =!= WeeChat Error: command "connect" failed

.per the wiki, i have

> cat /etc/xinetd.d/bitlbee                                                ~
service bitlbee
{
        type = UNLISTED
        socket_type = stream
        protocol = tcp
        wait = no
        user = bitlbee
        group = bitlbee
        server = /usr/sbin/bitlbee
        port = 6667
        disable = no
}

and

> cat /etc/hosts.allow                                                     ~
#
# /etc/hosts.allow
#

bitlbee: 127.0.0.1

# End of file

and "sudo /etc/rc.d/xinetd start" gave a reassuring "DONE".  can anyone help me troubleshoot?

shining

Pacman Developer

Registered: 2006-05-10

Posts: 2,043

Re: bitlbee and xinetd

> cat /etc/xinetd.d/bitlbee
service bitlbee
{
        type = UNLISTED
        socket_type = stream
        protocol = tcp
        wait = no
        user = bitlbee
        group = bitlbee
        server = /usr/sbin/bitlbee
        port = 6667
        disable = no
}

/usr/sbin/bitlbee is the correct path, right?
And user and group bitlbee exist ?

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diffyQ

Member

From: dc

Registered: 2006-08-29

Posts: 13

Re: bitlbee and xinetd

/usr/sbin/bitlbee is the correct path, right?
And user and group bitlbee exist ?

yes: "which bitlbee" comes back with "/usr/sbin/bitlbee", and there are lines for bitlbee in /etc/passwd and /etc/group.

quantax

Member

Registered: 2007-08-16

Posts: 24

Re: bitlbee and xinetd

Has /var/lib/bitlbee and the files there the appropriate permissions?

# ls -lah /var/lib/bitlbee/
total 16K
drwxrwx---  2 bitlbee bitlbee 4.0K 2007-12-08 10:59 .
-rw-------  1 bitlbee bitlbee  418 2007-12-08 10:59 <user>.accounts
-rw-------  1 bitlbee bitlbee  561 2007-12-08 10:59 <user>.nick

strankan

Member

From: Sundsvall - Sweden

Registered: 2006-11-08

Posts: 97

Re: bitlbee and xinetd

i recently started running xmonad as my WM, so i thought i'd give bitlbee a go.  i've installed weechat and bitlbee, and i followed the instructions on this wiki page: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bitlbee .  but in weechat, "/connect 127.0.0.1" gives

[17:03:40] =!= WeeChat Error: server "127.0.0.1" not found
[17:03:40] =!= WeeChat Error: command "connect" failed

.per the wiki, i have

> cat /etc/xinetd.d/bitlbee                                                ~
service bitlbee
{
        type = UNLISTED
        socket_type = stream
        protocol = tcp
        wait = no
        user = bitlbee
        group = bitlbee
        server = /usr/sbin/bitlbee
        port = 6667
        disable = no
}

and

> cat /etc/hosts.allow                                                     ~
#
# /etc/hosts.allow
#

bitlbee: 127.0.0.1

# End of file

and "sudo /etc/rc.d/xinetd start" gave a reassuring "DONE".  can anyone help me troubleshoot?

I followed the instruction on Bitlbees webpage and that worked like a charm for me. I didn't need to make any changes to the default configs. Anyway, try connecting to im.bitlbee.org instead of localhost.

jpt

Member

From: Rochester, NY

Registered: 2008-04-28

Posts: 31

Website

Re: bitlbee and xinetd

Everything ended up working fine for me just following the instructions here at the wiki.  I wonder what's making it different for you"?

bender02

Member

From: UK

Registered: 2007-02-04

Posts: 1,328

Re: bitlbee and xinetd

You know you just resurrected a year and a half old thread?