[IRCServices] Leetle bug in Services I think

[Michael Smith]

Err its a twofold problem

Dreamforge's svsnick doesnt check to see that the nick isnt already in use
AND , the code in services doesnt generate a different number per unique
instance use, so its probably based on some kind of time stamp

I have coded a fix for dreamforge, but I'm not sure how badly this will
break servicse

BTW, does anyone have that patch for multiple services root, I am keen for that
(and It should be a feature in 4.5)

Locke

At 12:31 PM 01/01/15 -0600, you wrote:
>On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 07:19:13PM +0200, Michael Smith wrote:
>> HI 
>> 
>> We enabled that Guest thingy, where instead of killing it changes the nick
>> to guestxxxxx, but, when services started up , it changed everyone who didnt
>> identify to the same nick, which was a %*^*%&% up of note.
>> 
>> I am using dreamforge 4.6.7 and ircservices.4.4.9
>
>We disabled that on my network for that very reason.  We did this a while ago
>and I've forgotten to check the current status of this bug.  It seems that
>it has been a long time for it to go unfixed...
>
>A message previously on this list:
>
>Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 08:22:59 +0200 (SAT)
>From: Andrew Kempe <andrewk at icon.co.za>
>To: ircservices at ender.shadowfire.org
>Subject: Re: [IRCServices] Guest Nick Error
>
>This is a known bug with Services (I think I might have even added it to
>the Bugs list - *proud look*)
>
>This will hopefully, and most probably, be fixed inthe next release of
>Services.
>
>Regards, Andrew
>
>On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, Josh Odom wrote:
>
>> Hey Guys,
>> 
>> I am not so sure about how the "Guest Nick System" Works. We are using
>> Services-4.3.3 (with a few of my personal modifications) It changed our
>> nicks at the exact same time and to the exact same nick...
>> 
>> [11:05]*** Shadow is now known as Guest38040
>> [11:05]*** Ecliptic is now known as Guest38040
>> 
>> Don't know if this has happened to anyone else but it could be a problem for
>> larger networks...
>> 
>> 
>> Josh Odom
>> joshodom at uswest.net
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> PS: Anyone who still has the SENDPASS code, can you please send it to me?
>> THX
>> 
>
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