From: Luke S. <lsc...@us...> - 2004-03-27 17:43:16
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Update of /cvsroot/gaim/web/htdocs In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv4358/htdocs Modified Files: faq.txt protocol.php Log Message: " Here's an FAQ section for zephyr, and a fix for the proto section." --Arun A Tharuvai Index: faq.txt =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/gaim/web/htdocs/faq.txt,v retrieving revision 1.119 retrieving revision 1.120 diff -u -d -p -r1.119 -r1.120 --- faq.txt 18 Mar 2004 15:34:52 -0000 1.119 +++ faq.txt 27 Mar 2004 17:32:07 -0000 1.120 @@ -776,6 +776,34 @@ A: Gadu-Gadu is an IM protocol popular i it at <a href="http://www.gadu-gadu.pl/">www.gadu-gadu.pl</a> (website in Polish). +!SECTION Zephyr Protocol + +Q: What is Zephyr? + +A: Zephyr is an IM protocol developed at MIT for use with Project Athena. Its +features include Kerberos IV authentication, multi-level chats (aka "subscriptions"). +You're probably using this because your college/employer/organization uses it as a +local IM/chat system. If not, you probably don't have a server to connect to. + +Q: Other Zephyr clients (zwgc,owl,tzc) work, but gaim dies with "Couldn't initialize zephyr". + +A: Your site might require the use of Kerberos 4 for authentication, though +few (if any) prepackaged gaim binaries compile it with Kerberos support. The solution +is to compile gaim with the --with-krb4 flag to point to the location of your +Kerberos 4 devel files, usually one of /usr, /usr/local, or /usr/athena , e.g. + +./configure --with-krb4=/path/to/kerberosIV + +Q: Gaim isn't working, but I never got any other zephyr client working on this machine. + +A1: You need to have zhm (which comes with the standard zephyr distribution) +installed, and running, and pointed at your zephyr servers. e.g. + +zhm z1.example.com z2.example.com z3.example.com + +A2: There might be a firewall or a NAT between you and the zephyr servers +Zephyr doesn't work in an environment where incoming connections cannot be made +to arbitrary UDP ports. !SECTION Trepia Protocol Index: protocol.php =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/gaim/web/htdocs/protocol.php,v retrieving revision 1.7 retrieving revision 1.8 diff -u -d -p -r1.7 -r1.8 --- protocol.php 7 Mar 2004 04:12:56 -0000 1.7 +++ protocol.php 27 Mar 2004 17:32:07 -0000 1.8 @@ -241,11 +241,11 @@ They distribute Windows binaries. I'm n server for Zephyr must be running one and only one instance of the Zephyr host manager (zhm). Gaim does not provide this, so in order to use Zephyr in Gaim, you must make sure that zhm is properly set up and configured - first. The Zephyr library gets your username from getuid() - meaning that - the username and password you tell Gaim are ignored. It also means that - you can only use Gaim to connect to Zephyr once (you actually can connect - to it multiple times, but the more often you connect, the more of a drain - on server resources you are). + first. The Zephyr library gets your username from getuid() or your Kerberos + name - meaning that the username and password you tell Gaim are ignored. + It also means that you can only use Gaim to connect to Zephyr once (you + actually can connect to it multiple times, but the more often you connect, + the more of a drain on server resources you are). </p> <?php end_section() ?> |