$arr_19 ), array( 3, false, $arr_20, $arr_24 ), array( 2, false, "\" />", $arr_25 ) ) ); ?> $arr_27 ), array( 3, false, $arr_28, $arr_30 ), array( 2, false, "\" />\n\n", $arr_31 ) ) ); ?> array( 2, false, false, $arr_9 ), array( 4, $arr_10, "if", $arr_245, $arr_248 ), array( 2, false, "\n", $arr_249 ) ) ); ?> rr_466 ), array( 4, $arr_467, "if", $arr_482, $arr_484 ), array( 2, false, "\n", $arr_485 ) ) ); ?> GETTING CHATTY » Linux Magazine
 

The sys admin’s daily grind: CGI:IRC

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Have you ever felt frustrated because you were looking forward to a chat session but didn’t have access to a client? Firewalls, or simply not having access to your own machine, can be frustrating. Wth CGI:IRC, all you need for IRC is a web browser.

In some situations, I would rather chat online than phone people. My preferred IRC client is Irssi. It runs in a screen session on a server that I can access from wherever I happen to be using SSH.

Sometimes SSH just isn’t an option, like when your customers’ firewalls are too tightly locked down or if you visit an Internet café on vacation. A tool with the typographically challenging name of CGI:IRC can be the answer. The software gives you a web interface that passes input on to the IRC server.

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