[TriLUG] Pidgin as a background service

[Mauricio Tavares via TriLUG]

On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 10:30 AM, Ken MacKenzie <ken at mack-z.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
      Then give finch a try; you can even run it from your account's
bin dir instead of doing a normal proper install. Only question would
then be where you would run it from: home or somewhere in the net.

Log files for, say, trilug's irc would be in
/home/user/.purple/logs/irc/ircusername at irc.freenode.net/#trilug.chat

I like finch because it is fairly lightweight

> 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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