unable to /oper

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Use /oper matt <yourpassword>


On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 12:52:53 -0500, Matt Best <matthew.best at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm running Hybrid 7.0.3-1 on Debian Sarge.  I cannot seem to get
> /oper access to work no matter what I do.  In my ircd.conf I have the
> following:
> 
> operator {
>         /* name: the name of the oper */
>         name = "matt";
> 
>         /* user: the user at host required for this operator.  CIDR is not
>          * supported.  multiple user="" lines are supported.
>          */
>         user = "*@*";
> 
>         /* password: the password required to oper.  By default this will
>          * need to be encrypted using '/usr/bin/mkpasswd'.
>          * WARNING: Please do not mix up the 'mkpasswd' program from
>          * /usr/sbin with this one. If you are root, typing 'mkpasswd'
>          * will run that one instead and you will receive a strange error.
>          *
>          * MD5 is supported. If you want to use it, use mkpasswd -Hmd5.
>          */
>         password = "$1$Rqnnlht/$Su4sk8hQzRXzZKbFF9CMG.";
> 
>         /* class: the class the oper joins when they successfully /oper */
>         class = "opers";
> 
>         global_kill = yes;
>         remote = yes;
>         kline = yes;
>         unkline = yes;
>         gline = yes;
>         die = yes;
>         rehash = yes;
>         nick_changes = yes;
>         admin = yes;
> };
> 
> I have tried every user at host that I can imagine.  Is the user at host
> setting supposed to match what is displayed when I run a /whois on
> myself?  I finally decided to just try *@*, however I don't know if
> its even valid.  I'm trying to /oper using the command "/oper password
> <mypassword>", is this correct syntax?  It gives me the message "only
> mere mortals may try blah blah.."
> 
> I'm thinking possibly my mkpasswd utility is fnorked.  I've tried
> plain-text, mkpasswd with no switches and mkpasswd --hash=md5 and
> nothing works.  Does anybody know what I'm doing wrong here?  Thanks.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Matt
>