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- Chat - Freqently Asked Questions: (and the answers too!)
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-
- This document include answers to:
- How do I do all this customization you talk about in the docs?
- Why won't the administrator password work?
- How do I change where the log files are kept?
- How do I turn off or restrict logging to one file?
- Where can I get the latest version of Chat?
- Why can't I telnet to port 1420 and connect to Chat?
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-
- (Q)
- How can I do all this customization you talk about in the docs?
-
- (A)
- All you need to Customize chat is a copy of ResEdit, available at
- ftp.apple.com, and elsewhere. The text that is displayed in the chat
- room, preferences, log file names, etc. are all stored in STR#, STR,
- and TEXT resources in the Chat Application.
-
- ---===---
-
- (Q)
- Why won't the administrator password work?
-
- (A)
- The administrator password is not used at login time (when it asks you to
- enter in a password). In fact, you are NEVER prompted for the
- administrator password. Instead, it is used as part of the command you
- want to execute. For instance, the "\RESTART" command, which is used to
- log everyone out of the chat room would be entered like this:
-
- "\RESTART admin"
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-
- (Q)
- How do I change where the log files are kept?
-
- (A)
- In the chat room application, there are several STR# resources which
- contain preferences for settings such as this. To change the location of
- the log files - you'll need to edit the STR# resource named "Log File
- Names". For instance, to have the chat room log Channel 1 to the file
- "Channel 1 Chit Chat" in the folder "Chat Room Stuff" on "Macintosh HD".
- You would change the first string in the STR# resource to:
-
- "Macintosh HD:Chat Room Stuff:Channel 1 Chit Chat"
-
- If you don't already have ResEdit, get it, you'll need it to set the
- administrator password to something other than "admin". Not to mention the
- fact that it is a really handy utility that no macintosh user should be
- without.
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-
- (Q)
- How can I turn off or restrict the logging to one file?
-
- (A)
- If you blank out the filename for the log file in the str# resource,
- the chat room will not open a log file for that channel. Alternatively,
- if you set all of the file names to the same filename, all the channels
- will be logged to the same file.
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-
- (Q)
- Where can I get the latest version of Chat?
-
- (A)
- The most up to date version of chat and the source code for chat will
- always be available in "/pub/chat" on the ftp site
- "pluto.cc.umr.edu". Chat will usually be available on the major FTP
- archive sites as well. (Sumex, Wuarchive, etc.)
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- ---===---
-
- (Q)
- Why can't I telnet to port 1420 and connect to Chat?
-
- (A)
- Starting with version 2.0.6 of Chat, I made the default port that
- Chat runs on to be Port #23. This is the default port for telnet,
- which is much easier for most people to use, since you don't have
- to specify a port number when telnetting into the chat room.
-
- The port can still be changed though by editing the preferences
- resource.
-