Forced nickchange?

Nemus · Post by **Nemus** » Thu Sep 23, 2004 10:22 pm

I have searched a little, even among services and modules. Maybe I'm blind and just missing something obvious, but is there a commando with which I can change a user's nick? Such as "/sanick" or something.

Stealth · Post by **Stealth** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 12:21 am

This URL might help a little.

w00t · Post by **w00t** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 6:10 am

That doesn't seem too constructive Stealth...

I belive there may be a module to allow you to do this, have a look at http://www.angrywolf.org - there may be one there.

or:
if you have services with RAW enabled, do something like:

/msg operserv RAW SVSNICK oldnick newnick

I believe Anope has an operserv SVSNICK command, but I'm unsure.

aquanight · Post by **aquanight** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 7:51 am

It does.

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[01:51:02] Private: <OperServ> Syntax: SVSNICK nick newnick
[01:51:02] Private: <OperServ>  
[01:51:02] Private: <OperServ> Forcefully changes a user's nickname from nick to newnick.
[01:51:02] Private: <OperServ>  
[01:51:02] Private: <OperServ> Limited to Super admins

Dukat · Post by **Dukat** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 8:29 am

Codemastr wrote such a module, not AngryWolf:

http://www.codemastr.com/?page=module

AngryWolf · Post by **AngryWolf** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 12:51 pm

There's a free module at ircd-mods.com that does the same, but codemastr's is much better.

Jason · Post by **Jason** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 3:03 pm

/msg operserv RAW SVSNICK oldnick newnick 1

AngryWolf · Post by **AngryWolf** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 7:01 pm

To Jason: Yes, that does the nickchange, but sets "last nickchange time" to something invalid (earlier than "connection time"). If you aren't lazy, I would recommend you to use as correct timestamp as possible.

Jason · Post by **Jason** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 7:07 pm

I dont know how to get a correct timestamp. Does mIRC have something for this, and will timezone matter? does TSCTL matter?

Stealth · Post by **Stealth** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 9:36 pm

Jason wrote:I dont know how to get a correct timestamp. Does mIRC have something for this, and will timezone matter?

Use $ctime, like so: //os raw :OperServ SVSNICK oldnick newnick $ctime

The CTime value is GMT, so timezone wont matter, its the same thing Unreal uses (to my knowledge).

w00t · Post by **w00t** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 1:31 am

Bah. So I forgot how to send an SVSNICK.

:p

aquanight · Post by **aquanight** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 5:42 am

For heavens sake, don't use RAW! OperServ has an SVSNICK command built in and will ensure you don't cause a nick collision with it, and will take care of the actual format for you

!

AngryWolf · Post by **AngryWolf** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 10:19 am

1. Note: In Anope, /OS SVSNICK (and /OS UMODES) is turned off by default. You must enable it in config.h (docs/FAQ #32).

2. aquanight (or anyone), can you please tell me a possible situation when using /OS RAW SVSNICK leads to a nick collision? I haven't ever experienced any yet. Of course it's better not to use /OS RAW, especially if you have other, much safer ways to change nicks, but SVSNICK isn't very dangerous, I think. (Correct me if I'm wrong.)

w00t · Post by **w00t** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 10:55 am

It isnt dangerous, at least, not in Unreal. Because, as you have pointed out aquanight, SVSNICK causes an

ldnick NICK newnick to be sent out.

So nyeh. :p

heinz · Post by **heinz** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 11:10 am

*explodes silently in a corner*

A little quote from the #anope support room regarding the use of RAW:

RAW is a developer tool ONLY. Only a fool would ever have it enabled on a network with real users. RAW has the ability to crash your network, desync your services and comprimise any network security you have. You may be banned for pasting raw strings in this room, and we refuse to support people who have raw enabled.

Thats my 2 cents