Linking Your Eggdrop bots 1) First up, config file stuff - make sure any channels you want bots to synchronise information about (e.g. user flags, bans, etc.) are set to +shared in each bot's config file, and make sure the share and transfer modules are loaded (loadmodule transfer and loadmodule share). 2) On BigBoy (the hub bot), you need to add the leaf bots to the userfile. To add Camelback and Mallard, type .+bot Camelback and .+bot Mallard. 3) Set any ordinary user flags for the bots. Generally, bots should be given global f (friend) and o (op) flags. To do this, .chattr Camelback +fo and .chattr Mallard +fo. 4) (s) Give the bots the s bot flag. Type .botattr Camelback +s and .botattr Mallard +s. This makes the hub aggressively share its userfile with the leaf bots. 5) (s) Give the bots the s bot flag for each channel you want to synchronise information about, e.g. if the three bots are on #railroad and #trains, type .botattr Camelback |+s #railroad and .botattr Camelback |+s #trains, then do the same for Mallard. Alternatively, you can use the g flag by typing .botattr Camelback +g, instead of setting the s flag for each channel. The g flag simply makes the bot share information for all channels. 6) Repeat steps 2 to 5 for any other leaf bots to be added to the hub. 7) Now it's time to setup the hub on the leaf bots. Let's start with Camelback, so leave BigBoy for now and switch to Camelback's command console. First, you need to know the telnet address for your hub bot (BigBoy), which consists of the bot's host and port (the port will be whatever you set in the listen setting in BigBoy's config file). If BigBoy's hostname is bigboy@steam.trains.com and the port is 11941, its telnet address is steam.trains.com:11941. You can then add BigBoy by typing .+bot BigBoy steam.trains.com:11941. 8) Set any ordinary flags for BigBoy, like you did for the leaf bots, e.g. .chattr BigBoy +fo. 9) (s) Give BigBoy the p bot flag by typing .botattr BigBoy +p. The p flag makes the bot passively share its userfile with the hub bot (i.e. the bot downloads the userfile from BigBoy). 10) (s) Give BigBoy the s bot flag for each channel you want to synchronise user information about, e.g. if the three bots are on #railroad and #trains, type .botattr BigBoy |+s #railroad and .botattr BigBoy |+s #trains. Alternatively, you can use the g flag by typing .botattr BigBoy +g, instead of setting the s flag for each channel. The g flag simply makes the bot share information for all channels. 11) Give BigBoy the h flag by typing .botattr BigBoy +h. The h flag makes the bot try to link to the hub automatically. 12) Within a minute, Camelback should attempt to link to BigBoy and (if you set up sharing flags) download the userfile. 13) Repeat steps 7 to 11 on any other leaf bots.