That was takin out to its all about not knowing who's on what server without actually talking to them. Like Kev said you can't get anyones idle time with '/whois <nick>' unless you are <nick>, even if the person is on the same server as you.
------------------------- Dawg/Brian Steil -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Empus Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 9:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FW: [Coder-Com] /whois nick nick issue? Or if <nick> is on the same server as you? Or am I wrong? P.S - 'reply' sent this to Kev privately, sorry 'bout you getting this twice Kev. =( -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kev Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 3:08 PM To: Lee H Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Valcor Subject: Re: [Coder-Com] /whois nick nick issue? > >Okay... number two... noticed that some servers are not > >responding with the idle times when doing a /whois nick nick > >request. Again I'm on amsterdam.nl.eu.undernet.org so I don't know > >if that has anything to do with it. Is it just me again? > > This is part of the CFV-165 code (HEAD_IN_SAND), admins can optionally > remove idletimes on a global whois, as will be the case here. Not quite correct. If "/whois <nick> <nick>" does not return an idle time, that is indeed a bug--but "/whois <nick>" should *not* return an idle time unless <nick> is you. -- Kevin L. Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
