FAQs: admin - oper - user

I want to run OpenChanfix on my network, anything I need to be aware of?

If you are just starting with OpenChanfix, you should run it in no-fix mode for 1-2 weeks. This allows it to gather scores of channels and avoids people complaining that OpenChanfix is not fixing their 20-point channel.
Furthermore, explain to your users that OpenChanfix is not similar to channel registration at all, but a last resort service. Point them to the User FAQ if they have questions.

Can more than one OpenChanfix run on the same network?

Yes. However, you should make sure that never more than one OpenChanfix has fixing enabled. Having two OpenChanfix servers both set to perform automatic and manual fixes could lead to confusing or even damaging situations, for example:

- oper1 tells chanfix1 to manually fix #channel
- chanfix1 enters #channel, removing all ops
- chanfix2 sees an opless #channel and tries to fix it

- oper1 tells chanfix1 to manually fix #channel
- a few minutes later, oper2 tells chanfix2 to manually fix #channel

Until a mechanism to communicate between OpenChanfix servers has been devised, be careful while running more than a single OpenChanfix instance.

I'm running OpenChanfix but i'm not seeing any scores! What's wrong?

Make sure that enough servers are linked. You can confirm that via the STATUS command. If chanfix has disabled fixing because not enough servers are linked, it is also not scoring any channels. Second, a channel won't get scores unless it has 4 or more clients in it.

Will there be a version for ratbox?

Yes, but not soon. First we want to get of all the bugs and such that will be found during testing. After that, we'll look at porting it to ratbox.

Can I put chanfix.so in modules/autoload?

No. You must load chanfix.so manually in order for it to work correctly.