Running 2 or more eggies from the same directory

z_one · Post by **z_one** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 1:40 pm

Hi,

Suppose I have installed an eggdrop in the directory "eggdrop"
Can I put 2 configuration files there ? file1.conf and file2.con (of course each file with a different bot nick and ip) then run 2 bots each on a configuration file from that same installation directory ?
I just wanna make sure that it won't create any problem. And I am trying to avoid installing Eggdrop twice on my shell account (due to the lack of disk space allocated to me).

Thanks

gumbydammit · Post by **gumbydammit** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 1:42 pm

yes you can.. just make all filenames and such in the bots conf's unique.

Post by **caesar** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 2:40 pm

Also, don't forget to have two distinct listen ports (if are running from the same ip), user and chanlist file.

kyotou · Post by **kyotou** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 12:20 pm

I've written a HOWTO about this (not perfect, but kinda useful).

http://www.windrop.com.ar (ignore the "windrop" name, "eggdrop" was already registered

)

z_one · Post by **z_one** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 3:42 pm

http://www.windrop.com.ar/

The page cannot be displayed

|_aban · Post by **|_aban** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 4:16 pm

But would the bots then be able to be linked together in a botnet? And if you use different vhosts for each one of the bots, would that cause any problems (ie is it required for them to use the same vhost)?

Post by **caesar** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 4:25 pm

if they don't have the same bonet nick and different stuff I've mentioned earlier will be allright.

kyotou · Post by **kyotou** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 8:38 pm

http://www.windrop.com.ar/

The page cannot be displayed

Yeah.. it was down for a while.

But would the bots then be able to be linked together in a botnet? And if you use different vhosts for each one of the bots, would that cause any problems (ie is it required for them to use the same vhost)?

nick, vhost and other configs alike are set in a per-bot config file, and if you wish to set specific options that are in the global.conf file to a specific bot, then you just do it after the "source global.conf" line. (ex. to make them join different servers).

About botnet linking, i haven't tried (i never needed to), so i cannot assure for good it will work that way, although i guess it should work.

Yourname · Post by **Yourname** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 10:16 pm

It's just the port and vhost that matters, mainly the port. Running it from the same dir will not at all hamper the botnet... and also what caesar said, same botnetname will cause problems.

Try it.

Post by **CrazyCat** » Fri Jul 18, 2003 3:05 am

Don't stress: I've 12 eggdrops in the same directory (yes, a small box) and no trouble to make them running together and linked via botnet.
The only things you have to do:
- make sure that the 9 first letters of nicks (and botnet-name) are differents,
- avoid having listen ports with "all" value, separate bots and users is better.
and so, the link is:
<egg1> .+bot egg2 127.0.0.1:bport2/uport2
<egg1> .botattr egg2 +h

<egg2> .+bot egg1 127.0.0.1:bport1/uport1
<egg2> .botattr egg1 +h

Why the two with +h flag? because if you have too much eggdrops with the same IP (127.0.0.1) linked, the real hub may ignore some of them when they all reconnect, so this little tip allow hub to link to an ignored leaf