davidfowl/JabbR — Issue #230: /nick should have a better error if a password is required
Author: InfinitiesLoop
Created: 2011-12-13 19:38:25+00:00
State: open

I tried to do /nick InfinitiesLoop, and it said that the name was already taken. That made me think that somehow I was still 'logged in' even though I wasn't. The actual problem was that I needed to provide a password, but I forgot that I had set one. If the error was more like 'Invalid password' or whatever, it'd have been more intuitive. If there's fear about disclosing whether an account exists with this means, then you could make it so that /nick always requires a password, unless you add /anon or something as an option. Basically, make it explicit instead of magical based on whether the account has a password.