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Domain Name Truncation

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Weirdo
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Domain Name Truncation

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[10:51:25] <Minako> [10:51] #Weirdo# jump kazuko.faereal.net 6667
[10:51:25] <Minako> Jumping servers......
[10:51:25] <Minako> [10:51] Trying server kaz:6667
[10:51:25] <Minako> [10:51] Failed connect to kaz (DNS lookup failed)
Problem is on this server, the domain name gets truncated for no reason, but on others it is fine
[10:51:36] <Weirdo> .jump procyon.faereal.net
[10:51:36] <Minako> [10:51] #Weirdo# jump procyon.faereal.net 6667
[10:51:36] <Minako> Jumping servers......
[10:51:37] <Minako> [10:51] Trying server procyon.faereal.net:6667
Running Eggdrop 1.6.15, any ideas why this is happenning?
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Post by Sir_Fz »

dont use that server, just stick on the others.
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Post by Weirdo »

I already do that, but during netsplits, kazuko is the hub server

Why is it actually doing this? Eggdrop, or Server error?
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Post by Yourname »

What's stopping you from using the IP address instead?
Dormant egghead.
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Post by Weirdo »

Nothing really

but i want to know why it suddenly decides to truncate the domain name after "kaz" whereas it works perfectly on the other names of the servers

Its just very very strange
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Post by Sir_Fz »

since its only 1 server causing this to happen, then it must be a problem from the server. But its still strange...
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Post by ppslim »

What happens when trying the following server names?

kazuko.faereal.net

kbzuko.faereal.net

kayuko.faereal.net

kazuko.faereal.org

kbzuko.faereal.org

kayuko.faereal.org

They will all fail, however, the idea is to see if the names are trunkated.
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Post by Weirdo »

[23:37:07] <Minako> [23:37] #Weirdo# jump kazuko.faereal.net 6667
[23:37:07] <Minako> Jumping servers......
[23:37:07] <Minako> [23:37] Trying server kaz:6667
[23:37:07] <Minako> [23:37] Failed connect to kaz (DNS lookup failed)
[23:37:10] <Weirdo> .jump kbzuko.faereal.net
[23:37:10] <Minako> [23:37] #Weirdo# jump kbzuko.faereal.net 6667
[23:37:11] <Minako> Jumping servers......
[23:37:11] <Minako> [23:37] Trying server kbzuko.faereal.net:6667
[23:37:11] <Minako> [23:37] Failed connect to kbzuko.faereal.net (DNS lookup failed)
[23:37:20] <Weirdo> .jump kayuko.faereal.net
[23:37:21] <Minako> [23:37] #Weirdo# jump kayuko.faereal.net 6667
[23:37:21] <Minako> Jumping servers......
[23:37:21] <Minako> [23:37] Trying server kayuko.faereal.net:6667
[23:37:21] <Minako> [23:37] Failed connect to kayuko.faereal.net (DNS lookup failed)
[23:37:32] <Minako> [23:37] #Weirdo# jump kazuko.faereal.org 6667
[23:37:32] <Minako> Jumping servers......
[23:37:32] <Minako> [23:37] Trying server kazuko.faereal.org:6667
[23:37:32] <Minako> [23:37] Failed connect to kazuko.faereal.org (DNS lookup failed)
[23:37:43] <Weirdo> .jump kbzuko.faereal.org
[23:37:43] <Minako> [23:37] #Weirdo# jump kbzuko.faereal.org 6667
[23:37:43] <Minako> Jumping servers......
[23:37:44] <Minako> [23:37] Trying server kbzuko.faereal.org:6667
[23:37:44] <Minako> [23:37] Failed connect to kbzuko.faereal.org (DNS lookup failed)
[23:37:54] <Weirdo> .jump kayuko.faereal.org
[23:37:54] <Minako> [23:37] #Weirdo# jump kayuko.faereal.org 6667
[23:37:54] <Minako> Jumping servers......
[23:37:55] <Minako> [23:37] Trying server kayuko.faereal.org:6667
[23:37:56] <Minako> [23:37] Failed connect to kayuko.faereal.org (DNS lookup failed)
Very very strange
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Post by ppslim »

OK, just to get the jist of things, I will translate them to make it quicker to read.
kazuko.faereal.net = kaz
kbzuko.faereal.net = kbzuko.faereal.net
kayuko.faereal.net = kayuko.faereal.net
kazuko.faereal.org = kazuko.faereal.org
kbzuko.faereal.org = kbzuko.faereal.org
kayuko.faereal.org = kayuko.faereal.org
You may notice what I tried, just to get some subtle differances in the values.

I am no C coder, so I am unable to tell exactly why and when the value could be changed/truncated.
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Post by Weirdo »

Does this same thing happen to other eggdrops of version 1.6.15?

Havent tested it with my windrop, basically because the 1.6.15 windrop release isnt that stable, but it doesnt affect 1.6.13 at all, but, something else does....
[10:50:41] <Weirdo|Zzzzz> .jump kazuko.faereal.net
[10:50:41] <Natsuki-Chan> [10:50] #Weirdo# jump kazuko.faereal.net 6667
[10:50:42] <Natsuki-Chan> [10:50] Trying server kazuko.faereal.net:6667
[10:50:42] <Natsuki-Chan> [10:50] Connected to kazuko.faereal.net

[10:50:48] <Weirdo|Zzzzz> .jump irc.aniverse.com
[10:50:48] <Natsuki-Chan> [10:50] #Weirdo# jump irc.aniverse.com 6667
[10:50:49] <Natsuki-Chan> [10:50] Trying server irc:6667
[10:50:49] <Natsuki-Chan> [10:50] Failed connect to irc (DNS lookup failed)
Tis a very very strange little bug indeed
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Post by strikelight »

if you have strict-servernames set to 1, change it back to 0.
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Post by Weirdo »

it is on both bots, i think it defaults to that one
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