Topic: Instant Messaging (Jabber)

[guestFF]

Hi all,

I saw a thread called "Jabber", but it is dated last year.
( http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=9759.msg37038#msg37038 )

Any news on this topic?, or does anybody have any experience?

regards,

HFW

[Mike Smith]

I would be really Intretead in this to.  E-Mail me if anyone finds anything out.   @  mcmcomput@usa.net

[Mike Smith]

Also i'am kinda a newbie @ this stuff and have been running e-smith server for about 2 months Problem free.  Can this be installed into the e-smith admin page were you can administrator the users and/ or kick someone etc.?
E-mail = mcmcomput@usa.net

[Tim Litwiller]

I am working on this but have gotten stopped a couple of time because of bugs in the rpm package of jabber.  Shortly they should have a package with all the know show stopping bugs out.

I have already taken the jabber.conf apart into templates, and have that mostly working and I have been running jabber on e-smith at work for almost 2 months.  

I may need a bit of help packing the configuration into an rpm but it shouldn't be to dificult once we have a known working rpm of jabber to work with.

[Mike Smith]

WOW! that sounds so kool.  Is there instructions on how to install it into e-smith server?
Thanks.

[Tim Litwiller]

currently no,  it just the same as installing it onto a redhat server.

get the rpm, read thru the config file, set the setting to match your server.

try it, if it doesn't work get the how-to from jabber.org

[guestFF]

Hi Tim,

I would love to help you, but unfortunatly I have no experience in making rpm's at all.
Maybe somebody that reads this thread??

Thanks for your effort Tim.

Regards,

HFW

[Mike Smith]

So i have to create a rpm file to install it?  Or can i just download and install from the web and do that -Uvh and the location thing?  How do you edit stuff?  
Thanks.

[guestFF]

Hi,

I tried to install Jabber on my e-smith 4.1.2, but since it comes with no compilers and 'make' I had to install those first.

However, I have another machine with RH7 installed, which I used to install Jabber on, just to create the proper files. I then copied the 'new' jabber directory to my e-smith box with no problem. It works.

So i know it works, but it's not a 'pretty' way to install it and no way to reinstall it.

If anyone can make a RPM please let me know. I'v tried the RPM from jabber.org but it doesn't work.

ps. Editing options is done by 1 single text file 'jabber.xml' located in the jabber directory (After proper installation

Thx.

HFW

[Mike Smith]

Anyone Else have any opioions or Help files?  Experices?
Thanks