[TriLUG] Pidgin as a background service

[Ken MacKenzie via TriLUG]

Here is another part of this, as finch is capturing these logs I do not
want it to show me online nor do I want it to mark the messages as read
while running as a service.

On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 10:50 AM, Ken MacKenzie <ken at mack-z.com> wrote:

> 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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