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Wednesday, July 8, 2015

How to fix "nickname is already in use" error in irc?

What causes IRC to throw "nickname is already in use":
1.  You are not closed your previous session of IRC chat
     a) Trying to login with same nickname in another place/application with 
          existing active connection.
2.  You are internet connectivity disconnected & IRC server not released 
      your session.

How to fix:
a) /msg nickserv ghost <your_nickname> <password>
b) /msg nickserv <your_nickname>
b) /msg NickServ identify <password>

4 comments:

  1. I am on weechat and the second command did not work. I used /nick instead.

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  2. /nick worked for the second command in LimeChat

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  3. /nick doesn't actually do the same thing as messaging the nickserv. /nick just sets your nick it doesn't actually authenticate as that name. If you have setup a nick with the nick server you need to message that server with your password to assume that name.

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