Re: [GLLUG] Internal/External Private Messangers?

[Benjamin Cathey]

Right - I want to not allow user self registration and have the whole thing basically internal.  Well, externally accessible by users who have accounts I have created.  I don't even know how to create user accounts.  I won't be mapping exisiting users/passwords.


Benjamin Cathey
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----- Original Message -----
From: Ian Fitzpatrick
[mailto:ianfitz at gmail.com]
To: linux-user at egr.msu.edu
Sent: Mon, 02 Jul 2007
14:52:26 -0400
Subject: Re: [GLLUG] Internal/External Private Messangers?


>->> >> > 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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