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m (moved Installflashpolicy to Installflashpolicyd: The software is called a Flash policy Deamon, often nicknamed Flashpolicyd, which is why I think it should be called Installflashpolicyd instead of Installflashpolicy.)
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'''This page demonstrates how to install a flash policy that must be installed to use web chats like [[LightIRC]]
'''This page demonstrates how to install a flash policy deamon that must be installed to use web chats like [[LightIRC]]


'''This flash policy requires ruby to be installed.'''
'''This flash policy deamon requires ruby to be installed.'''


==Install without root==
==Install without root==
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==Install with root==
==Install with root==


If you have root access start flash policy like this:
If you have root access start flashpolicyd like this:
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<pre>
wget http://www.lightirc.com/release/flashpolicyd.zip
wget http://www.lightirc.com/release/flashpolicyd.zip
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==Please note==
==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.
Sometimes this flashpolicy deamon may crash, if this happens lightirc users wont be able to connect. Simply go through the above steps to restart it.


==More information==
==More information==
*[http://redmine.lightirc.com/projects/1/wiki/Flash_Policy_setup_instructions Flash Policy setup instructions on Lightirc wiki]
*[http://redmine.lightirc.com/projects/1/wiki/Flash_Policy_setup_instructions Flash Policy deamon setup instructions on Lightirc wiki]


[[Category:Tutorials]]
[[Category:Tutorials]]

Revision as of 09:55, 20 January 2012

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

This flash policy deamon 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 flashpolicyd 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 deamon may crash, if this happens lightirc users wont be able to connect. Simply go through the above steps to restart it.

More information