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Subject: Re: .fakeid doesn't work
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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
>
>


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