Installflashpolicyd

This page demonstrates how to install a flash policy that must be installed to use web chats like LightIRC

This flash policy requires ruby to be installed.

Install without root

This demonstrates how to run flash without root. Login via ssh then do:

wget http://www.lightirc.com/release/flashpolicyd.zip
unzip flashpolicyd.zip
cd flashpolicyd
chmod a+x flashpolicyd.rb
./flashpolicyd.rb --xml flashpolicy.xml --logfile flashpolicyd.log --port 8002
ps x

(then check flashpolicy is in the list that appears, if so it has been installed successfully)

Install with root

If you have root access start flash policy like this:

wget http://www.lightirc.com/release/flashpolicyd.zip
unzip flashpolicyd.zip
cd flashpolicyd
chmod a+x flashpolicyd.rb
./flashpolicyd.rb --xml flashpolicy.xml --logfile flashpolicyd.log
ps x

(then check flashpolicy is in the list that appears, if so it has been installed successfully)

Please note

Sometimes this flashpolicy may crash, if this happens lightirc users wont be able to connect. Simply go through the above steps to restart it.

More information

• Flash Policy setup instructions on Lightirc wiki