This is a quick tutorial on how to generate a userhost for yourself
from
normal IRC information. First thing you will need is the /whois
information
on yourself.. EG:
*** Soahc is chaos@ppp2.ultra.net.au (_-^-_-^-_y ^-_-^-_-^hat big eyes you
have)
*** Soahc is on IRC via server Dallas.Tx.US.Undernet.org (Dallas Metroplex
Client Server)
*** Soahc has been idle 11 minutes 21 seconds
*** Soahc has been on-line since Fri Oct 11 10:58:25 1996
The only line we are interested in is:
*** Soahc is chaos@ppp2.ultra.net.au (_-^-_-^-_y ^-_-^-_-^hat big
eyes you have)
Note the bold part. This is the information we need. The 'chaos' part of
it is called a userid, login or username. The 'ppp2.ultra.net.au'
has 2 parts to it.. The first is the host 'ppp2' (the host
is normaly everything up until the first or second '.' however this may
not always be the case) then there is the domain 'ultra.net.au'
understanding
these is important for later.
Now the format for a userhost is nick!userid@host.domain. But for it to
work with X and W we need to add wild cards (*). A wild card is a
character
that basicly means anything can go here. So something like Soahc* means
the only thing that *MUST* be there is Soahc then there can be anything
after that and it will still mean the same thing as far as X and W are
concerned.
Now to generate your userhost. Since you want to have access with ANY
nick,
the nick part of the userhost will be a * then we need the !, next is the
userid. You may need a * before your userid. If you know
what
ident is and have it turned on, this * is not needed. If you don't know
what ident is or if you are at all unsure as to if it is on, put the *
there
anyway. You then need to put a @ after your userid.
So far we have *!*chaos@
Now for the hard part. Look at your whois information. Does your
'host'
change everytime you login. eg ppp1.ultra.net.au or ppp2.ultra.net.au (the
host changes) or is it the same eg chaotic.ultra.net.au (you get
the same host every time you log in). If your host
changes then you will need to put a * before the domain, if you
have
the same host everytime you will need your host, after that
put your domain.. However, some people may have a numeric
IP address on IRC. Instead of the host and the domain, you
will only have 4 sets of numbers. If you have the same four sets of
numbers,
put those after the *!*chaos@ . If you have a different set of numbers
every
time, replace the last one or two sets of numbers on the right with a *,
so 203.13.16.33 would become 203.13.16.* or 203.13.* , depending on how
many of the numbers vary.
From before we have *!*chaos@ now add the host or * and
domain
we get *!*chaos@*.ultra.net.au (if i had a static host it would be
*!*chaos@chaotic.ultra.net.au and if I had a numeric one it would
be *!*chaos@203.13.* or *!*chaos@203.13.16.*)
Now hopefully you have a userhost. Click on the "Submit new
application"
link on your left, or if you are not using frames, click on back set your
userhost to what you have now. Hope this has helped you :)