unable to /oper

[Matt Best]

On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 19:02:51 +0100, Fool <foolie at gmail.com> wrote:
> Use /oper matt <yourpassword>


Ahem.   Yeah the fixed it.  Boy do I feel dumb.  Thanks!

Kind regards, 

Matt

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> 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
> >
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