[TriLUG] Pidgin as a background service

[Ken MacKenzie via TriLUG]

Ok then it is the same, shared area as pidgin uses the .purple directory.

Ok so if they are shared I need to config finch with a separate path than
pidgin because I don't want this log running for all accounts I use in
pidgin, just the one I setup for finch

What would my init script look like for this?

On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Mauricio Tavares <raubvogel at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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