IRCD-Hybrid ----------- SSL Certificate =============== For the sake of simplicity a SSL certificate (for use with client SSL connections) is generated with rather bogus info during after ircd-hybrid installs. If you would like to change the info in the certificate, edit /etc/ircd-hybrid/cert.cnf, and then run as root: openssl req -config /etc/ircd-hybrid/cert.cnf -new -x509 -key /etc/ircd-hybrid/key/ircd.key -out /etc/ircd-hybrid/key/ircd.pem -days 365 You will probably want to restart the server after this for the changes to take effect. Initial Configuration ===================== After installing the package, you can access the IRC server at localhost:6667. But it will have conservative default settings and the only people allowed to connect will be local users. So before further using the server, PLEASE edit ircd.conf in /etc/ircd-hybrid. You will have a server called hybrid8.debian.local and only bound to localhost until you do. Then, you may restart it using: /etc/init.d/ircd-hybrid restart And the server should come back up with your new setup. If not, tail /var/log/ircd/ircd-hybrid.log and see what went wrong. Remember that all configuration statements must end with semicolons, even at the ends of blocks (};) - this is the leading cause of 'syntax errors' :) -- Joshua Kwan Mon, 26 Dec 2003 21:21:34 -0800 -- Aurélien GÉRÔME Sun, 8 Oct 2006 18:19:00 +0200 -- Dominic Hargreaves Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:05:35 +0000