Installation
First, Set up a new user to privsep.
$ doas useradd -m -g=uid -c "psybnc" -d /home/psybnc -s /bin/ksh psybnc
$ doas adduser
$ doas su psybnc
Install c-ares then build psybnc:
$ doas pkg_add libcares
$ cd
$ ftp http://psybnc.org/download/psyBNC-2.4.3.tar.gz
$ tar zxf psyBNC-2.4.3.tar.gz
$ rm psyBNC-2.4.3.tar.gz
$ cd psybnc
$ make
Inside psybnc.conf:
PSYBNC.SYSTEM.PORT1=1314
PSYBNC.SYSTEM.HOST1=*
PSYBNC.SYSTEM.PORT2=21314
PSYBNC.SYSTEM.HOST2=S=*
PSYBNC.HOSTALLOWS.ENTRY0=*;*
Running
$ ./psybnc
It is possible then you may wish to see ?rcd to add psybnc to system startup.
Usage
When interacting with psybnc
NICK nickname
USER nickname nickname example.ircnow.org :nickname
all fields must be filled in -- it checks ident for login
To change nicks on a different network:
/nick #ircnow~jrmu
I could not figure out how to send a raw command to a specific network, so I just made ircnow the main network
to send a privmsg to a specific network
/query #network~nickname hello, world!
/query #ircnow~Nickserv identify password
To add a network:
/quote addnetwork network
For no SSL:
/quote addserver network~irc.example.com :6667
For SSL:
/quote addserver network~S=irc.example.com :6697
Be careful, if it defaults to IPv4 and you attempt to connect IPv6, psybnc crashes each and every time you load it