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Can I use my Invision Power Board database with ParaChat Server Software?

April 26, 2017database invision power

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Can I use my Invision Power Board database with ParaChat Server Software?

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With Invision Power Board, the chat server’s HTTP Authentication database option is best. Information about using the HTTP Authentication database option is found under “Database Authentication -> HTTP User Authentication” in the Documentation: http://www.parachat.com/documentation/570/parachat570.htm Fortunately, Invision Power Board already includes an authentication file under …/retail/chatauth.php that can be used for this purpose. Setting it up is easy. If your message board was running at http://www.webpage.com/forum, you would configure ParaChat Server to use your Invision Power Board database by editing the chat server’s main config file, called “pchatd.conf” (file path: …/ParaChat/ParaChat570/config/pchatd.conf), to add these 2 parameters: pchatd.UserAuth.class=paralogic.auth.WebUserAuth pchatd.UserAuth.Web.AuthURL=http://www.webpage.com/forum/retail/chatauth.php Once you have edited the “pchatd.conf” file, restart ParaChat Server so the edit will be recognized. Be certain