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Izzy
Asked: 2012-06-16 03:54:15 +0800 CST

How to get XChat to automatically "ghost" the old "session" on provider-forced reconnect?

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My provider forces a re-connect all 24h, which breaks my XChat session. Though the connection usually is re-established within seconds, due to the changed IP the "old session" is invalidated. XChat automatically joins the network(s), but then my nick gets refused as it "is already in use". I can manually solve that by "/nickserv ghost MyUser MyPass" -- but I could not find any place to configure XChat to do that automatically. Is that possible, and if so, how?

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  1. Best Answer

    This is based off my SU answer to a similar question

    Assuming all versions work the same, you can put /msg nickserv ghost name password as a connect command under server settings for freenode.

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    To change your nick as well is a little tricky - type in

    /msg nickserv ghost username password

    Then CTRL SHIFT u a

    /nick username

    As one line. This should do both commands one after another.

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  2. Here is a plugin to handle automatic ghosting and identification. Just put the *.py file in your xchat scripts folder ~/.xchat2/

    https://github.com/Sepero/xchat_auto_ghost

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