Bug 51588

Summary: username sent to irc servers seems randomized
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Public Beta Reporter: Christopher Stone <tkmame>
Component: pidentdAssignee: Trond Eivind Glomsrxd <teg>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: Aaron Brown <abrown>
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OS: Linux   
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Description Christopher Stone 2001-08-12 19:18:12 UTC
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Description of problem:
When I log onto irc with BitchX, or my bot logs on using eggdrop, the user
name field seems corrupted.  For example my hostname is
[EiFfqdExD.renocs.nvbell.net and a whoami command
returns chris

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Log onto an IRC server (I'm using EFNET)
2.  Run a /whois command on yourself and check your user name in your hostname
3.  Username is randomized
	

Actual Results:  incorrect hostname sent to irc server

Expected Results:  username should match that of the whoami command

Additional info:

Started happening when I upgraded to Roswell

Comment 1 Trond Eivind Glomsrxd 2001-08-13 00:44:04 UTC
The default configuration sends an encrypted reply, for privacy reasons. The
string can be decrypted by a sysadmin when asked by a remote site to do so -
there's no reason to send a username in the clear. Read the docs if you want to
change the behaviour.