= skyped(1) == NAME skyped - allows remote control of the Skype GUI client == SYNOPSIS skyped [] == DESCRIPTION Skype supports remote control of the GUI client only via X11 or DBus messages. This is hard in case you want remote control. This daemon listens on a TCP port and runs on the same machine where the GUI client runs. It passes all the input it gets to Skype directly, except for a few commands which is related to authentication. The whole communication is done via SSL. == CONFIGURATION - Set up `~/.skyped/skyped.conf`: Create the `~/.skyped` directory, copy `skyped.conf` and `skyped.cnf` from `/usr/local/etc/skyped/` to `~/.skyped`, adjust `username` and `password`. The `username` should be your Skype login and the `password` can be whatever you want, but you will have to specify that one when adding the Skype account to BitlBee (see later). NOTE: Here, and later - `/usr/local/etc` can be different on your installation if you used the `--sysconfdir` switch when running the `configure` of BitlBee. - Generate the SSL pem files: ---- $ cd ~/.skyped $ openssl req -new -x509 -days 365 -nodes -config skyped.cnf -out skyped.cert.pem \ -keyout skyped.key.pem ---- - Start `skyped` (the TCP server), initially without detaching and enabling debug messages: ---- $ skyped -d -n ---- - Start your `IRC` client, connect to BitlBee and add your account: ---- account add skype ---- `` should be your Skype account name, `` should be the one you declared in `skyped.conf`. == OPTIONS -c, --config:: Path to configuration file (default: $HOME/.skyped/skyped.conf) -d, --debug:: Enable debug messages -h, --help:: Show short summary of options -H, --host:: Set the tcp host (default: 0.0.0.0) -l, --log:: Set the log file in background mode (default: none) -m, --mock=:: Mock mode: replay session from file, instead of connecting to Skype. -n, --nofork:: Don't run as daemon in the background -s, --dont-start-skype:: Assume that skype is running independently, don't try to start/stop it. -p, --port:: Set the tcp port (default: 2727) -v, --version:: Display version information == AUTHOR Written by Miklos Vajna