1 Title: Configuring SASL for Irssi
3 The setup for SASL on Irssi differs depending on the version you have (you can
4 find out by running
`irssi -v` in your nearest shell).
7 # Irssi 0.8.18 or later
9 Recent Irssi versions include built-in SASL support via
`/network`:
11 /network add -sasl_username <login> -sasl_password <password> -sasl_mechanism PLAIN freenode
12 /server add -auto -net freenode -ssl -ssl_verify irc.freenode.net
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17 These versions need a separate script in order to support SASL:
`cap_sasl.pl`.
18 You can install it from <https://scripts.irssi.org>:
20 mkdir -p ~/.irssi/scripts/autorun
21 wget https://scripts.irssi.org/scripts/cap_sasl.pl -O ~/.irssi/scripts/cap_sasl.pl
22 ln -sf ../cap_sasl.pl ~/.irssi/scripts/autorun/
24 Now load and configure it inside Irssi:
28 /server add -auto -net freenode -ssl -ssl_verify irc.freenode.net
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29 /sasl set freenode <login> <password> PLAIN