Topic: eggdrop bots on e-smith

[Ugur]

Hello People

I am a nebie and have 0 knowledge of linux but learning ever so slowly. My question is i tried to load a eggdrop bot on my e-smith server gateway. Is it possible to load one?. when i typed ./configure i got this message

loading cache ./config.cache

This is eggdrop's GNU configure script.
It's going to run a bunch of strange tests to hopefully
make your compile work without much twiddling.

checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH

i dont know  what this mean though ?
has anyone  successfully installed and run a eggdrop on the pc? and if so show me how to set one up or refer to website with howto's ?

thanks
ugur

[Richard Emory]

Ugur,

One of the security enhancements of E-Smith is that is NO compiler.  Why? Well it goes something like this.  If a cracker could break into your site the next logical step would be to use your computer for bad things, very bad things.  Well, Linux is not like Microsoft.  Programs must be custom made for most types of OS types/computer types.  Yes, you can load a setup file, called an RPM in Linux, that is not processor specific (noarch), but most are OS/version specific.  So the cracker would have to find an RPM install for the custom e-smith/RedHat install.  Copy it to your machine and install it.  E-Smith has a small enough install base that most bad programs will NOT be packaged into an RPM to abuse these systems.

Also it keeps newbies like me from messing up the system from the inside.  This way I cannot install any old program that is full of security holes.  The people who write RPM's for E-Smith are usually compentent and are (mostly) modifying already secure add-ons.

Hope this helps

[Robert Heaton]

Hi,

Just install the gcc compiler & make tools, here's the how-to;

http://www.e-smith.org/faq.php3#8q7


Rob.

[ugur]

thankyou for your help
regards
ugur