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NiLuJe · 12-24-2012, 06:34 PM

A bit late to the party: some ircds will throw you out if your *IRC* username is root. irssi (and many *nix clients) happen to default to the *nix username, meaning root gets to be ~root (or root if there's an ident server in the mix) => kablooey.

12-24-2012, 06:34 PM	#17
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012494 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	A bit late to the party: some ircds will throw you out if your IRC username is root. irssi (and many nix clients) happen to default to the nix username, meaning root gets to be ~root (or root if there's an ident server in the mix) => kablooey.