New to IRC. How do I tell nickServe to log me in correctly to my old
registered account?
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thetalentedmrpeanut · 2015-03-15 03:18

So I'm using a commandline irc program called irssi. I recently had to
do a complete reset of my system. I just re-installed irssi and I
connected to irc.freenode.net and it's grabbing the name of my linux
machine for my username. How do I sign into my old user name? Do I
have to re-register my old nick? I tried entering identify
myoldusername mypassword and NickServe gave a message "you are now
identified for myoldusername" but when I go in a room it's still
saying the name of my linux machine. And in my status bar it's still
saying the name of my linux machine.

*Update - so I figured how to do the /nick myoldusername and it
switched me to my old user name and prompted me with the message This
nickname is registered. Please choose a different nickname or identify
via /msg NickServe identify <password>

So I did the /msg NickServe identify myoldpassword but then I get a
message that says

no such nick/channel

I know my password and name are correct so I don't know what the
problem is but at this point it won't let me sign
into my own registered nick that I last used probably about a week ago
so I don't think it expired. Any thoughts on how to fix this?

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Tuxmascot · 2015-03-15 04:29

It's *nickserv* not nickeserve

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phyreseed · 2015-03-15 16:14

Try /msg nickserv identify (username) (password)

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thetalentedmrpeanut · 2015-03-15 17:36

Thanks for catching my mistake. it works now.

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Tuxmascot · 2015-03-15 17:38

No problem! :)