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diff --git a/protocols/skype/skyped.txt b/protocols/skype/skyped.txt index 53f2626d..c5f9abb9 100644 --- a/protocols/skype/skyped.txt +++ b/protocols/skype/skyped.txt @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ skyped [<options>] == DESCRIPTION Skype supports remote control of the GUI client only via X11 or DBus -messages. This is hard in care you want remote control. This daemon +messages. This is hard in case you want remote control. This daemon listens on a TCP port and runs on the same machine where the GUI client runs. It passes all the input it gets to Skype directly, except for a few commands which is related to authentication. The whole communication @@ -19,7 +19,37 @@ is done via SSL. == CONFIGURATION -See the README for information about how to configure this daemon. +- Set up `~/.skyped/skyped.conf`: Create the `~/.skyped` directory, copy + `skyped.conf` and `skyped.cnf` from `/usr/local/etc/skyped/` to `~/.skyped`, + adjust `username` and `password`. The `username` should be your Skype login and + the `password` can be whatever you want, but you will have to specify that one + when adding the Skype account to BitlBee (see later). + +NOTE: Here, and later - `/usr/local/etc` can be different on your installation +if you used the `--sysconfdir` switch when running the `configure` of BitlBee. + +- Generate the SSL pem files: + +---- +$ cd ~/.skyped +$ openssl req -new -x509 -days 365 -nodes -config skyped.cnf -out skyped.cert.pem \ + -keyout skyped.key.pem +---- + +- Start `skyped` (the TCP server), initially without detaching and enabling debug messages: + +---- +$ skyped -d -n +---- + +- Start your `IRC` client, connect to BitlBee and add your account: + +---- +account add skype <user> <pass> +---- + +`<user>` should be your Skype account name, `<pass>` should be the one you declared +in `skyped.conf`. == OPTIONS @@ -38,9 +68,15 @@ See the README for information about how to configure this daemon. -l, --log:: Set the log file in background mode (default: none) +-m, --mock=<file>:: + Mock mode: replay session from file, instead of connecting to Skype. + -n, --nofork:: Don't run as daemon in the background +-s, --dont-start-skype:: + Assume that skype is running independently, don't try to start/stop it. + -p, --port:: Set the tcp port (default: 2727) @@ -49,4 +85,4 @@ See the README for information about how to configure this daemon. == AUTHOR -Written by Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> +Written by Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@vmiklos.hu> |