shellbot is an IRC bot (using pyrcb) that runs shell commands. For example,
irc_user: !$ cowsay moo
shellbot: _____
shellbot: < moo >
shellbot: -----
shellbot: \ ^__^
shellbot: \ (oo)\_______
shellbot: (__)\ )\/\
shellbot: ||----w |
shellbot: || ||
To run a command with shellbot, prefix your command with !$ (and a space).
Run shellbot --help for information on how to run shellbot.
shellbot has been tested with Python 3 and Debian GNU/Linux, though it should work with most Unix-like operating systems.
Because shellbot runs any command it receives, it has the potential to cause serious damage. It is highly recommended that you create a new user with limited permissions and run shellbot as that user. Anything that user can run, shellbot can run as well.
To prevent users from killing shellbot, start it with sudo -Hiu [user_with_limited_permissions] /path/to/shellbot [options]. This will run shellbot with limited permissions, preventing serious damage, but the process will be owned by root.