With some trial and error, I've been able to setup ICQ for multiple users under Debian. The idea was to give each user an ~/.icq directory where she can keep her personal configuration. In my experience, if you use the installation directions which come with the program, things will not work like you might expect.
What I did to get it working properly: 1) Install the Debian JDK. 2) Download the ICQ tar ball (http://www.icq.com/) AS ROOT DO THE FOLLOWING: 3) cd /usr/local 4) tar -xzvf icqtarball.tgz 5) chown -R root.root ICQJava 6) cd /usr/local/ICQJava 7) Edit "install" and change the following: 1) uncomment JAVA_HOME 2) JAVA_HOME = /usr/lib/jdk1.1 3) ICQ_HOME = /usr/local/ICQJava 8) ./install Note: This will create the file /usr/local/ICQJava/ICQ which is the script you will want to run after making a few more modifications. 9) Edit the "ICQ" file in (8) above by replacing the "-path" parameter with "-path $HOME/.icq" . This will tell ICQ to use the ~/.icq directory for all of its needs -- including the user's personal configuration. This is and step 10 are the critical changes. AS THE USER DO THE FOLLOWING: 10) Now, you need to create the ~/.icq directory for each user: 1) mkdir ~/.icq 2) cd ~/.icq 3) mkdir conf 4) chmod 700 conf 5) ln -s /usr/local/ICQJava/Images 6) ln -s /usr/local/ICQJava/Sounds AS ROOT DO THE FOLLOWING: 11) cd /usr/local/bin 12) ln -s ../ICQJava/ICQ icq AS THE USER DO THE FOLLOWING: 13) run using "icq" -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
