[TriLUG] Pidgin as a background service

[Mauricio Tavares via TriLUG]

On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 10:43 AM, Ken MacKenzie <ken at mack-z.com> wrote:
> Does finch log to .purple as well.  as in shares pidgin's log path?
>
     Well, I have not used pidgin in a while, so the path is from me
using finch. In fact, I just logged into #trilug.

> On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 10:42 AM, Mauricio Tavares <raubvogel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> 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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