Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 23:38:24 -0400 From: "alexus" <ml@db.nexgen.com> To: "Walter Hop" <walter@binity.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: .fakeid doesn't work Message-ID: <001501c101df$492fd1d0$0100a8c0@alexus> References: <000701c101cc$d23ca330$9865fea9@book> <16925585069.20010701051344@binity.com>
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thank you for replaying it was case #2;) i had user test and it wouldn't use his/her userid, probably for security reasons.. i didn't mean any harm, i was just playing around thanks anyway ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walter Hop" <walter@binity.com> To: "alexus" <ml@db.nexgen.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 11:13 PM Subject: Re: .fakeid doesn't work > [in reply to ml@db.nexgen.com, 01-07-2001] > > > alexus@~# ls -la .fakeid > > -rw-r--r-- 1 alexus users 5 Jun 30 20:58 .fakeid > > alexus@~# cat .fakeid > > test > > alexus@~# > > > > then i've tryed to use irc client and for some reson it still detects me as > > my real id not as a "test" > > > > any ideas why? > > 1] This may be caused by your IRC client. IRC clients usually send out your > username as part of the login process as defined by the IRC RFC's. If you > telnet to an irc server, port 6667, and issue these commands: > > USER test 0 0 test > NICK blahblah > QUIT > > does the IRC server still identify you with your real username? > > 2] If you do have a user ``test'' on your system, setting your .fakeid > to this user will be ignored. (Probably not the case, but added it > anyway) > > walter. > > -- > Walter Hop <walter@binity.com> | +31 6 24290808 | Finger for public key > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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