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changing monkey!earth@blaat.com how...

2003-02-27T10:25:58-04:00

ah ok, 2 bad tnx anyway!

MainFrame

Statistics: Posted by Guest — Thu Feb 27, 2003 10:25 am

changing monkey!earth@blaat.com how...

2003-02-27T10:22:34-04:00

This has been answered before.

This is not allways an easy task to accomplish, and in some cases, impossible.

On *nix system, the user/ident is obtained from a Identd server. This resides on the same server as the application (AKA, eggdrop), and spits out information to requesting parties.

The IRC server sends information, including the IP or both the eggdrop and the IRC server, and the two ports (source and destination). Identd will lookup the username of the person (After performing a few security check, to prevent any joe from requesting the information) currently using that connection.

In the case of eggdrop, the username returned, is your own.

This leaves only the option of changing your login name to somthing else.

There is an option, of using a faking identd server, which returned either random junk (each time a identd is requested), information from a file or environment variable, or the ident is passed on using a special request built into the osftware that wants to fake a reply.

Option 3 is ruled out, as eggdrop doesn't support this.

1 and 2 (and 3, but the point above allready got rid of it) both request special software to be installed by the server admin. Most refuse to do such things, as they prefer the industry standard details to be returned (and on top, it's fa easier to track who get IRC admins angry).

Statistics: Posted by ppslim — Thu Feb 27, 2003 10:22 am

wh00ps my fault...

2003-02-27T10:07:21-04:00

hehehe, i meant the part after the ! [censored] my fault, i'm sorry.

Statistics: Posted by Guest — Thu Feb 27, 2003 10:07 am

changing monkey!earth@blaat.com how...

2003-02-27T10:04:31-04:00

IRC hosts are made up of three parts, nickname, username/ident and hostname.

They are returned and manged in the format nick!user@host.

SO what you talk of is a nickname.

It should be pretty obvious what needs to be changed now.

Statistics: Posted by ppslim — Thu Feb 27, 2003 10:04 am

changing monkey!earth@blaat.com how...

2003-02-27T09:52:52-04:00

i'd like to change the first part of the host of my eggdrop, the part before the !. i know there's a variable for it but i've forgotten it :/
hope someone remembers it or has another way! tnx already

MainFrame

Statistics: Posted by Guest — Thu Feb 27, 2003 9:52 am