Comment 2 for bug 838557

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Mohammad AbuShady (coalwater) wrote : Re: [Bug 838557] Re: Lernid identifies with nickserv, should use server password

I don't know exactly what's a server password but what I do is identify
after connect but before joining the channel, this way the change host
message can't be seen by others.
On Sep 7, 2011 5:40 AM, "John S. Gruber" <email address hidden> wrote:
> Thanks for the bug report, Lyz! Thanks for your help the other night
> testing Lernid, as well.
>
> How big a problem is this?
>
> I tried to read up and saw on the "interwebs" that some IRC networks,
> like freenode, can use the server password to identify nicks, but others
> don't. Is that true? If so, what should we do about this to allow it to
> interoperate with other networks in the future? (There was a suggestion
> in the recent lernid events blueprint that the network be an event
> parameter).
>
> A check-mark to say where the password should be directed, perhaps?
>
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> Title:
> Lernid identifies with nickserv, should use server password
>
> Status in Lernid:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Lernid identifies with nickserv when connecting, as a result users who
> use a password and have a cloak show the join/quit/join message of
> host changing upon connect:
>
> 19:40:00 -!- grantbow [~grantbow@75-101-62-95.dsl.static.sonic.net] has
joined #ubuntu-classroom-chat
> 19:40:02 -!- grantbow [~grantbow@75-101-62-95.dsl.static.sonic.net] has
quit [Changing host]
> 19:40:02 -!- grantbow [~grantbow@unaffiliated/grantbow] has joined
#ubuntu-classroom-chat
>
> If you use a server password instead you won't see this behavior.
>
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