OperServ RAW command and hub servers

LIQUID_NiTrO · none Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Posts: 34

ok, I've got 2 newbish questions for you today.

1) Always I ask people and get the same response: "Everyone tells me this OperServ raw command is highly destructive and easily misused, so why does it exist and what are the reasons you WOULD use it?" and they always say "If you do not know how to use the OperServ raw command then you should stay away from it" which doesn't answer my question. I just hope I don't get that same response here Very Happy

2) OK, so I added this server, test.sillynet.com to the link block in unrealircd.conf. If I don't have my main server defined in the link blocks in the same manner as the test server, then I get this message when I try to /connect it:

uchat · Idler Joined: 17 Mar 2004 Posts: 335

1> RAW sends data from a U:Lined server to the network. Meaning you can do nearly ANYTHING. Some of the nicer things, yet still arguably unethical, include force users to join channels, nick changes ... and even trick Services into thinking that some other user requested information (kinda like the INJECT command).

2> Link denied (No matching link configuration) [@127.0.0.1.3273] - means the link block or C/N:lines don't match.

3>Server irc.sillynet.com already exists from irc.sillynet.com - Server is already present on the network via a normal link or JUPE.

zeke · Idler Joined: 04 Oct 2003 Posts: 295

LIQUID_NiTrO · none Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Posts: 34

Just one...

How do services connect to the services server if you have to have 2 IRCds configured to link each other and bind-ip is * and blah blah blah?

uchat · Idler Joined: 17 Mar 2004 Posts: 335

Services *IS* a server ... it links to your net exactlly like a regular server. The difference between Services and a IRCd is clients can't connect to services and the *Serv bots have more access to the network because of the U:Line/block.