how to change the prefixes (~ & ...) for unrealircd

petersen · Guest

hi,
in the past i saw a lot of irc networks running unrealircd with different prefixes like ! for ~ (founder) and ! for & (admin). so my question how i could change this ? i read the unreal faq etc (http://www.vulnscan.org/UnrealIrcd/faq/#31) but i don't care of support - and i know that it works fine Wink

- im running the latest unrealircd version(Unreal3.2-RC1).
would be great if someone could help me.

thx in advance - petersen

petersensen · Guest

al5001 · Lurker Joined: 17 Jul 2003 Posts: 181 Location: Canada

I seriously have no clue why you want to change the token for channel owner...

I prefer to stay with only the @ % and +.... or @ + and -...

The ~ and & symbols look unprofessional somehow, as it makes the IRCd look kiddy-like. When you run ./Config you can specify to not have these characters and to use the old style ones. I prefer it without the ~ and &.

But, if you are so eager to find out how to change ~ to !, edit Unreal3.2/src/channel.c

Go to line 5190 and change:

buf[idx++] = '~';

To:

buf[idx++] = '!';

Then save the file, run "make", then restart your IRCd.

U · Eleet Joined: 18 Jun 2003 Posts: 521 Location: IRC

You have to enable them in the config. Not to be rude, but RTFM.

They don't come enabled by default-which is good. I didn't want them, and didn't have to do anything fancy to prevent them Smile

al5001 · Lurker Joined: 17 Jul 2003 Posts: 181 Location: Canada

I know how to disable them, and I have disabled them. I just don't understand why people want so many things changed on the IRCd to make it look worse.

petersen · Guest

thx a lot for the quick reply al5001 - i understand your opinion - but i just wondered how they do this so its just for my general knowledge Wink

cheers petersen