[hybrid] failing to link

[Alex Hooper]

Michael Wobst uttered:
> Your N:Line of that "kodak" server is wrong. The fourth field of an 
> N:Line is used for server hostmasking with which hybrid-7 can't deal 
> anymore.
> 
> Try changing it to:
> 
> N:10.1.204.38:password:bream.internal.xxxxx.com::2
> 


Sacred blue! That worked -- thank you so much for spotting that. The link is now 
established and appears stable.

Thanks all for your time and you again, Michael, for getting the nail on the head.

Cheers,

Alex.



> 
> JFI: Not sure which version of hybrid-6 you run, but expect other 
> problems to arise when linking with such an old version.
> 
> -Michael
> 
> Alex Hooper schrieb:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm migrating our internal IRC server to another machine and want to
>> connect the old and new servers during the process. The old server is
>> running ircd-hybrid6, the new, ircd-hybrid7. I'm obviously doing
>> something wrong in the config as I keep getting the error
>>
>> Attempt to re-introduce server *.com SID from [unknown at kodak.xxx.com]
>>
>> The config in the new server (bream.internal.xxxxx.com/10.1.204.38) says:
>>
>> connect {
>> name = "kodak.xxx.com";
>> host = "172.26.0.14";
>> send_password = "password";
>> accept_password = "password";
>> port = 6667;
>> aftype = ipv4;
>> class = "server";
>> };
>>
>> The config in the old server (kodak.xxx.com/172.26.0.14) says:
>>
>> C:10.1.204.38:password:bream.internal.xxxxx.com:6667:2
>> N:10.1.204.38:password:bream.internal.xxxxx.com:2:2
>>
>>
>>
>> In the new server (bream), I see the following output:
>>
>> bream.internal.xxxxx.com! Attempt to re-introduce server *.com SID from
>> | [unknown at kodak.xxx.com]
>>
>>
>> In the old (kodak), I see:
>>
>> kodak.xxx.com! Connection to bream.internal.xxxxx.com activated.
>> kodak.xxx.com! Server bream.internal.xxxxx.com[unknown at 255.255.255.255]
>> | closed the connection
>> kodak.xxx.com! bream.internal.xxxxx.com had been connected for 0 days,
>> | 0:00:01
>>
>>
>> The "unknown at 255.255.255.255" looks somewhat suspect but, frankly, I am
>> devoid of clue. Am I doing something laughably stupid (as is often the
>> way)? Or can you shed some light on where I'm going wrong?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Alex.
> 
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