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@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ Table of Contents files. What should I do? 4.4) My FreeBSD box complains about 'Shared object "nss_dns.so.1" not found' + 4.5) Anope and long (more then 30 character) nicknames. 5) ChanServ 5.1) Anope's channel mode setting doesn't work. I can't set modes with @@ -371,6 +372,22 @@ Table of Contents configuration file can be dangerous, so only do this if you know what you are doing. +4.5) Anope and long (more then 30 character) nicknames. + + By default anope only supports nicknames up to 30 characters (NICKLEN=30). + If your IRCd allows for longer nicknames or has been modified to do so + anope will start logging a lot of ("NICK from nonexistent nick") messages. + This is because once a user uses a nick that is too long for anope to handle, + anope loses track of the user for the remainder of the session. + It is POSSIBLE but not NOT RECOMMENDED to extend the maximum length of nicknames + anope can track, however this will also break database compatibility. DBs saved + with anope set to allow for example 40 chars cannot be read by a default anope + and vice versa. So changing the maximum nick length is only possible + when starting with fresh databases and even then the consequences of this are + UNTESTED. + In order to change the maximum internal nick length, change the NICKMAX setting + in include/config.h, recompile anope and start without databases. + 5) ChanServ |