Re: LIdent

[Bug Hunter <bughunter999@yahoo.ca>]

At 04:27 PM 4/5/02, sailorfrag@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
>On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Doug Lim wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 05 Apr 2002 13:48:59 -0600,
> > Bug Hunter <bughunter999@yahoo.ca> wrote:
><snip>
> > > Also I have another channel which I can not login using XCHAT password
> > > option. I wind up have to do the /msg nickserv identify command
> > > manually.  Any idea why?
> >
> > I'm not sure exactly what you're asking when you say you're trying to
> > login to a channel with the "xchat password option" and I'm not exactly
> > sure why nickserv is part of your question if you're trying to figure
> > out a problem with a channel. This question is confusing on so many
> > levels because of mixed/improper terminology. Even lacking proper
> > terminology, your questions would be much easier to answer if you:
><snip>
>
>Bug Hunter, I think you may be confusing the server password option with
>something related to nickserv. In the server list, there is indeed a
>password option, but that's for connecting as a special user class. Most
>IRC servers don't use connection passwords, but some private ones do... it
>can be used to restrict people to connect only from certain ips yet still
>allow outsiders to connect if they know the password... stuff like that.
>NickServ doesn't know what's entered in there, and the server ignores it
>if you don't have to connect using a password. What you can do instead is
>set the connect cmd to your nickserv identify command.

When I started using XChat, I had registered a NICK for a channel on the 
server. I entered the password for the registered NICK in the SERVER's 
configuration window in the PASSWORD field and it worked. In other words 
when I had XCHAT automatically connect to these servers and in turn join 
channels it used the password in the PASSWORD field to identify myself to 
the server in question. I therefore incorrectly assumed that this PASSWORD 
field was for the password if using a registered nick.

Since my last post I have rectified the problem with the one server that I 
mentioned by indeed using the /msg nickserv identify command in the CONNECT 
CMD box to fix the problem.

Thanks to you and Doug Lim for helping me out.







  


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