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** NeoStats - IRC Statistical Services **
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** Copyright (c) 1999-2008 NeoStats Group. All Rights Reserved. **
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** This program and all associated documentation is free but **
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** copyrighted software; see the file COPYING for details. **
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** Homepage: http://www.neostats.net/ **
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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1 General questions
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1.1 What is NeoStats?
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1.2 Will there ever be a Windows Version of NeoStats?
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1.3 What IRCD does the team recommend?
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1.4 What Services package does the team recommend?
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1.5 What Operating System does NeoStats Run on?
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1.6 How do I uncompress the NeoStats-x.x.x.tar.gz file?
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2 Compiling, configuring and installation questions
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2.1 When I type compile nothing happens, whats wrong?
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2.2 Typing stats says no file/directory, how do I load it?
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2.3 Typing neostats says no file/directory, how do I load it?
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2.4 When NeoStats tries to connect it says "No N Line!" How do I
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add one?
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3 Module questions
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3.1 I upgraded NeoStats and now it crashes when it loads modules
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like OPSB.
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3.2 When I started NeoStats for the first time it flooded me with
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new records. Why does it do this?
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3.3 How do I install modules I downloaded from your website?
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3.4 How do I load modules I downloaded and installed from your
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website?
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3.5 When I compile modules I get a Pointer Type Error HELP!
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3.6 What is 'sumyungguy'
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3.7 When I try to LOAD or UNLOAD modules I get an ACCEDD DENIED
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msg! why?
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3.8 Will the modules with NeoStats 2.5.0 work on older versions?
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4 Coding questions
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4.1 Does NeoStats API support multiple Nicks?
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5 Bugs, suggestions, contributions
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5.1 I have a really good idea for a module, will you make it?
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5.2 Can I send you guys some money for this?
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1. General Questions
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1.1 What is NeoStats?
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NeoStats is based on GeoStats by Johnathan George net@lite.net.
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NeoStats is a set of IRC Services that can perform many many
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different functions. Additionally, NeoStats can be easily
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expanded with "modules" that can provide new functionality.
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This means that you can configure neostats to only load what
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you need.
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1.2 Will there ever be a Windows Version of NeoStats?
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The NeoStats team has considered porting a windows platform of
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NeoStats on many occasions. At this stage the code needs a number
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of changes so although we one day hope to provide a Windows version,
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don't be surprised if this is some time away. Once we have the
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remaining bugs ironed out, a Windows version has a 50% chance of
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happening. Don't ask us when, we don't know.
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The main NeoStats core will now compile and run on Windows using
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cygwin but modules currently do not work.
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1.3 What IRCD does the team recommend?
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The NeoStats Team recommend that you use a supported IRCd package.
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NeoStats currently supports Unreal, Ultimate 2.x.x, Ultimate 3.x.x,
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Hybrid7, Bahamut, Mystic, Quantum and our own NeoIRCd.
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Check ./configure --help and the README for more information.
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1.4 What Services package does the team recommend?
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NeoStats has been tested with most major Services packages, such as
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Epona, Anope, Daylight II, Magik, IRC Services.
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Other Services packages may also work with NeoStats.
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1.5 What Operating System does NeoStats run on?
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NeoStats runs under any Linux/Unix based environment and BSD.
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The main NeoStats core will compile and run on Windows using cygwin
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but modules currently do not work. See 1.2 for more information on
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Windows.
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NeoStats DOES NOT RUN ON MACINTOSH!!!
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1.6 How do I uncompress the NeoStats-x.x.x.tar.gz file?
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In your shell type:
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tar xvfz NeoStats-x.x.x.tar.gz
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The filename will vary depending on the version you run of NeoStats.
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Change the x.x.x to match your filename e.g. NeoStats2.5.3.tar.gz.
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On systems that run an old version of tar you should use:
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gzip -d NeoStats-x.x.x.tar.gz
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tar xvf NeoStats-x.x.x.tar.gz
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2. Compiling, configuring and installation questions
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2.1 When I type compile nothing happens, whats wrong?
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You have to type "make" without the quotes.
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2.2 Typing stats says no file/directory, how do I load it?
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stats is the way you used to load older versions of NeoStats. Current
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versions use neostats.
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2.3 Typing neostats says no file/directory, how do I load it?
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On some systems you can't just type "neostats" you need to start it
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with "./neostats" without the quotes.
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2.4 When NeoStats tries to connect it says "No N Line!" How do I add one?
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Edit your ircd.conf file and and add C/N lines for StatServ, also
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add U: lines for it while your there. If you can't figure out how
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to add them refer to the documentation that came with your IRCd.
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We cannot help you to set up your IRCd.
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3. Module questions
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3.1 I upgraded NeoStats and it crashes when it loads modules like OPSB.
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You should rebuild and reinstall modules when you upgrade NeoStats.
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See the README file for more information on upgrading and
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installing.
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3.2 When I started NeoStats for the first time it flooded me with new
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records. Why does it do this?
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When you first install it, there are no Statistics so it creates
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them when it is first run. That is what you are experiencing. Once
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StatServ has generated statistics for the network, these messages
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will stop and you will only see them when new records are made.
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if your network is forever growing, you can disable these "Record"
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wallops by typing "/msg statserv set msgthrottle off"
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3.3 How do I install modules I downloaded from your website?
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Refer to the instructions that come with the module to configure,
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build and install the module.
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3.4 How do I load modules I downloaded and installed from your website?
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To load the module, from an IRC client type '/msg NeoStats load
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modulename' where 'modulename' is the name of the new module or
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add 'LOAD_MODULE modulename' in the Module section of the
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neostats.cfg file then restart NeoStats.
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3.5 When I compile modules I get a Pointer Type Error HELP!
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The solution to this problem is to simply ignore the message
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the message does not affect the running of the module or NeoStats.
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3.6 What is 'sumyungguy'
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sumyungguy is the spam module. It no longer changes its name and
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just it sits and waits for a user to spam it before it echos
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the spammer's message, nick & hostname information. If you really
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want to catch spammers, SecureServ is much more effective.
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SecureServ can be downloaded as a seperate module from the
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NeoStats website.
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3.7 Why do I get ACCESS denied when I try to LOAD or UNLOAD modules?
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To operate NeoStats you must have the correct access privileges.
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You should check your oline flags before you try the command.
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NeoStats works on a Level System, for LOAD/UNLOAD, you need at
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least level 185. /msg neostats level tells you what your current
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level is.
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3.8 Will the modules with NeoStats 2.5.0 work on older versions?
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NO! Modules on the website are for this version ONLY. They will
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NOT function with older versions of NeoStats. Make sure you are
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using ONLY the most current modules from our Website. We also
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recommend you upgrade to the latest version of NeoStats.
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The team decided to make a large number of changes to NeoStats,
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causing the development version NeoStats-2.1 to be incremented
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to NeoStats-2.5. In doing this, code used for the modules was
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slightly modified and therefore the older modules will not work
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on the new version of NeoStats. And vice versa.
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4. Coding questions
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4.1 Does NeoStats API support multiple Nicks?
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The short answer to this question is 'yes'. Some time back
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development started on the NeoStats Channel Services to replace
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the Epona services currently used and be fully intergrated with
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NeoStats. During this design a module with multiple nick's was
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designed and so was a patch to the API which enabled this feature.
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At this stage there are no plans to release the multiple nicks API,
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but rather integrate it into the NeoStats-2.5 release.
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5. Bugs, suggestions, contributions
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5.1 I have a really good idea for a module, will you make it?
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It really depends on what the module is for... but we will take
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suggestions and comments and probably end up doing them :P A good
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example of this is the HTML stats output in StatServ and the design
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of HostServ.
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To make suggestions visit http://www.neostats.net/boards. Please
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search the board first to see if your suggestion has already been
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made.
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5.2 Can I send you guys some money for this?
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Yes, in small unmarked bills. ;)
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** This document was last updated on February 9th, 2004 by M and is **
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** based on documents originally created by Shmad and Fish. **
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