[TriLUG] Pidgin as a background service

[Ken MacKenzie via TriLUG]

Protocol in question is FB chat which is no longer XMPP but there is a new
plugin for pidgin that works well.

If the plugin is in pidgin it should work in finch.  I just want to make
sure all FB chats are captured to a file no matter where I am.

Ken

On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 10:25 AM, Mauricio Tavares via TriLUG <
trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 10:12 AM, Ken MacKenzie via TriLUG
> <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> > Trying to figure the best way to run pidgin as a background service, a
> > server if you will for the sake of always capturing the logs for an
> account
> > no matter what user is signed in.
> >
> > Basically thinking I can setup a script to use sudo service to start and
> > stop it to have it function as a chat recorder no matter where I am.
>
>       I am a bit confused since I did not know pidgin could also be
> run as a server. I run finch 24/7 in a vm which I ssh into when I need
> to post to irc/gtalk/msn/whatever. And I keep logs since it makes it
> easier to grep something I missed.
>
> If I wanted to run my own irc server, I would probably spool up a
> lightweight something -- docker/etc -- and run it there but using a
> higher port so it can be completely run as a dumb ass user (escalation
> of privileges scares me). If doing the container dance, set a second
> one to store logs and off you go.
>
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