which one of these is really right? thanks ;)

kublador · Post by **kublador** » Wed May 28, 2003 6:49 am

which one is right?

a.) --HOSTS *!*@*.*
b.) --HOSTS *!*@*
c.) --HOSTS *@*.*
d.) --HOSTS *@*

thank you and Glod bless you all

Papillon · Post by **Papillon** » Wed May 28, 2003 7:45 am

neither of them is more right (or wrong) than the other, they will all match any host

ppslim · Post by **ppslim** » Wed May 28, 2003 8:51 am

If you want to get into the rights and wrongs, as papillion said, none of them are wrong.

Though, in most cases, you should stick to format 1 & 2, as these are the most recognised, and easiest to understand what is matching what.

Post by **user** » Wed May 28, 2003 10:12 am

Just to be a bit picky...
In theory, if you own a toplevel domain you can use it as a machine name, making mask A and C not match.

The only reason to include ! and @ in the mask is to ensure the things you match is on the right place in the nick!ident@host, so for matching against users on irc '*!*@*' is the same as '*' because they all have a ! and a @ in their representation.

j0n · Post by **j0n** » Wed May 28, 2003 2:50 pm

The command is wrong to begin with. (unless you change the bind, which I assume not.)

It's

.-host user *!*@*

Type .whois user
If you notice a hostname you wish to remove, simply copy/paste the hostname and replace the *!*@*.

ppslim · Post by **ppslim** » Wed May 28, 2003 4:32 pm

He has pasted lines form the userfile.

Hosts lines are an XTRA type tag, which allways start

Code: Select all

--<tag name>

kublador · Post by **kublador** » Thu May 29, 2003 3:50 am

thankssssss

God bless