HOWTO : Anonymous in chat.freenode.net with XChat

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PART I - MY-BNC.NET



First of all, go to My-BNC.net to register an account. For example, the username is android and password is androidpass. Then, login with your username and password that registered before.



Step 1 :



Go the the menu on the browser, choose "Setting" to setup your account.



(a) Server setting



ssl = on

port = 7000

server = chat.freenode.net

password =

vhost = my-bnc.net



perform 1 = JOIN #



(b) User setting



Realname = My-BNC User

Nickname = android

Password = androidpass



Profile = Private



(c) Services Authorisation & NickServ



Auth name = android

Auth password = androidpass

Auto-auth = on



PART II - XCHAT AND ZNC



Step 2 :



sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install znc xchat



Step 3 :



znc --makeconf



[ ** ] Building new config

[ ** ]

[ ** ] First lets start with some global settings...

[ ** ]

[ ?? ] What port would you like ZNC to listen on? (1 to 65535): 6697

[ ?? ] Would you like ZNC to listen using SSL? (yes/no) [no]: yes

[ ** ] Unable to locate pem file: [/home/samiux/.znc/znc.pem]

[ ?? ] Would you like to create a new pem file now? (yes/no) [yes]:

[ ?? ] hostname of your shell (including the '.com' portion): irc.my-bnc.net

[ ok ] Writing Pem file [/home/samiux/.znc/znc.pem]...

[ ?? ] Would you like ZNC to listen using ipv6? (yes/no) [no]:

[ ?? ] Listen Host (Blank for all ips):

[ ** ]

[ ** ] -- Global Modules --

[ ** ]

[ ?? ] Do you want to load any global modules? (yes/no): yes



[ ** ] And 10 other (uncommon) modules. You can enable those later.

[ ** ]

[ ?? ] Load global module ? (yes/no) [no]:

[ ?? ] Load global module ? (yes/no) [no]: yes

[ ** ]

[ ** ] Now we need to setup a user...

[ ** ]

[ ?? ] Username (AlphaNumeric): android

[ ?? ] Enter Password: androidpass

[ ?? ] Confirm Password: androidpass

[ ?? ] Would you like this user to be an admin? (yes/no) [yes]:

[ ?? ] Nick [android]:

[ ?? ] Alt Nick [android_]:

[ ?? ] Ident [android]:

[ ?? ] Real Name [Got ZNC?]:

[ ?? ] VHost (optional):

[ ?? ] Number of lines to buffer per channel [50]: 500

[ ?? ] Would you like to keep buffers after replay? (yes/no) [no]:

[ ?? ] Default channel modes [+stn]:

[ ** ]

[ ** ] -- User Modules --

[ ** ]

[ ?? ] Do you want to automatically load any user modules for this user? (yes/no): yes



[ ** ] And 33 other (uncommon) modules. You can enable those later.

[ ** ]

[ ?? ] Load module ? (yes/no) [no]: yes

[ ?? ] Load module ? (yes/no) [no]: yes

[ ?? ] Load module ? (yes/no) [no]: yes

[ ?? ] Load module ? (yes/no) [no]:

[ ?? ] Load module ? (yes/no) [no]:

[ ?? ] Load module ? (yes/no) [no]:

[ ?? ] Load module ? (yes/no) [no]: yes

[ ** ]

[ ** ] -- IRC Servers --

[ ** ]

[ ?? ] IRC server (host only): freenode

[ ?? ] [freenode] Port (1 to 65535) [6667]: 7000

[ ?? ] [freenode] Password (probably empty):

[ ?? ] Does this server use SSL? (probably no) (yes/no) [no]: yes

[ ** ]

[ ?? ] Would you like to add another server? (yes/no) [no]:

[ ** ]

[ ** ] -- Channels --

[ ** ]

[ ?? ] Would you like to add a channel for ZNC to automatically join? (yes/no) [yes]: yes

[ ?? ] Channel name:

[ ?? ] Would you like to add another channel? (yes/no) [no]:

[ ** ]

[ ?? ] Would you like to setup another user? (yes/no) [no]:

[ ok ] Writing config [/home/samiux/.znc/configs/znc.conf]...

[ ** ]

[ ** ] To connect to this znc you need to connect to it as your irc server

[ ** ] using the port that you supplied. You have to supply your login info

[ ** ] as the irc server password like so... user:pass.

[ ** ]

[ ** ] Try something like this in your IRC client...

[ ** ] /server 6697 android:<pass>

[ ** ]

[ ?? ] Launch znc now? (yes/no) [yes]:

[ ok ] Opening Config [/home/samiux/.znc/configs/znc.conf]...

[ ok ] Binding to port [+6697] using ipv4...

[ ** ] Loading user [samiux]

[ ok ] Loading Module [admin]... [/usr/lib/znc/admin.so]

[ ok ] Loading Module [chansaver]... [/usr/lib/znc/chansaver.so]

[ ok ] Loading Module [keepnick]... [/usr/lib/znc/keepnick.so]

[ ok ] Loading Module [simple_away]... [/usr/lib/znc/simple_away.so]

[ ok ] Adding Server [freenode +7000]...

[ ok ] Loading Global Module [webadmin]... [/usr/lib/znc/webadmin.so]

[ ok ] Forking into the background... [pid: 9141]

[ ** ] ZNC 0.092+deb3 - http://znc.sourceforge.net





*** In case, you make a mistake and want to re-generate the config file. You should delete the "znc.conf" under "/home//.znc".



rm -R .znc



Step 4 :



Open XChat. Under the "Network List" window :



User Information



Nickname : android

Second choice : android_

Third choice : android__

User name : android

Real name : Android



Press "Add" button on the right. Then name it to "My-BNC BNC" and highlight it. Choose "Edit", on the top big box change to "irc.my-bnc.net/6697".



Only connect to chosen network : enable

Auto connect to this network : enable



Username : android



Use SSL for all servers in this networks : enable

Accept invalid certificate : enable



Server password : androidpass



Step 5 :



Choose "Connect" on the XChat window.



That's all! See you.