content/kb/sasl/irssi.md

   1 Title: Configuring SASL for Irssi
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   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).
   5
   6
   7 # Irssi 0.8.18 or later
   8
   9 Recent Irssi versions include built-in SASL support via `/network`:
  10
  11     /network add -sasl_username <login> -sasl_password <password> -sasl_mechanism PLAIN freenode
  12     /server add -auto -net freenode -ssl -ssl_verify chat.freenode.net 6697
  13     /save
  14
  15 ## Troubleshooting
  16
  17 To check that the setting was correct, run `/network` and confirm that the freenode entry looks like this:
  18
  19     freenode: sasl_mechanism: plain, sasl_username: gryllida, sasl_password: (pass)
  20
  21 All three items (mechanism, username, and password) must be set.
  22
  23 # Older versions
  24
  25 These versions need a separate script in order to support SASL: `cap_sasl.pl`.
  26 You can install it from <https://scripts.irssi.org>:
  27
  28     mkdir -p ~/.irssi/scripts/autorun
  29     wget https://scripts.irssi.org/scripts/cap_sasl.pl -O ~/.irssi/scripts/cap_sasl.pl
  30     ln -sf ../cap_sasl.pl ~/.irssi/scripts/autorun/
  31
  32 Now load and configure it inside Irssi:
  33
  34     /script load cap_sasl
  35     /network add freenode
  36     /server add -auto -net freenode -ssl -ssl_verify chat.freenode.net 6697
  37     /sasl set freenode <login> <password> PLAIN
  38     /sasl save
  39     /save