[GLLUG] Internal/External Private Messangers?
Ian Fitzpatrick
ianfitz at gmail.com
Mon Jul 2 14:52:26 EDT 2007
>> > Any hints on configuration?
>>
>> None at all. I haven't set it up, just used it as a client.
>> Others on
>> this list have set it up in the past though, hopefully one of them
>> will
>> chime in.
I just got jabberd running on Etch internally at my workplace. As
for advice, it depends on what your requirements are. I haven't done
anything fancy like ldap integration, or even multi-chat/chatrooms.
SSL is pretty straightforward to get working though. Here are a few
starter points:
- Install: apt-get install jabber (duh)
- Your jabber usernames will be yourcontactname at yourserver,
"yourserver" can be any arbitrary value as long as a) your jabber
server can resolve (via DNS/hostfile) "yourserver" to itself b) you
set "yourserver" as your jabber hostname in either /etc/jabber/
jabber.cfg or jabber.xml
- Open port 5222 for cleartext Jabber and 5223 for SSL jabber.
Configuring SSL requires additional steps, however.
- I don't really have a recommendation for Jabber clients, but try
to find one that can handle doing self-registration. Alternately you
can google for perl scripts that will generate user accounts for
you. All user accounts are stored in /var/lib/jabber/yourserver ,
they are just XML files (like most of Jabber).
If you read through jabber.xml you will find a ton more configuration
tweaks you can do.
Interested to hear others input, as I am relatively new to this stuff
myself. One obvious thing that I haven't done is disable user self-
registration, which is probably a prudent thing to do.
Cheers,
Ian
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