Option to force dropping a ghost connection

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Currently if we forget a connection (work, home, school) we cannot connect
to this connection class. A new feature can be to allow a :DROP suffixe to
the password for dropping the active connection.
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<Trill> when my connection to my gets disconnected while i''m connected to
dircproxy, dircproxy won''t let me in again because it claims i''m still
connected to it
<Trill> it seems dircproxy''s timeout is too high in this case
<Trill> can the timeout be changed in dircproxyrc?
<Trill> i didn''t find a config key
<Utopiste> it''s maibe not a bug of dircproxy, if dircproxy has no activity
to forward to the client the connexion will remain active
<bear> until the connection is dropped dircproxy considers it active
<bear> maybe we need the equivalent of a nickserv ghost kick
<Utopiste> bear : or a option to drop the old on a new connexion
<bear> yes
<bear> once the pass is authorized auto-drop any previous connection
<Utopiste> yes, maybe it''s not to hard, i will add a feature request and
look at that
<bear> k
<Utopiste> but the problem is, that if i have a irc open in this pc, and i
open a new irc client on another pc, dircproxy sould ou should not drop the
first connexion ?
<bear> that''s why I was saying it could be a command
<bear> you would have the option of kicking the other connection or not
<Utopiste> yes but you need a session to issue the command
<bear> does dircproxy refuse a new session if one is already active?
<Utopiste> yes
<bear> I''ve never tried it
<bear> hmm, then that needs to be an option
<Utopiste> --- Connecté. Identification en cours..
<Utopiste> --- Looking up your hostname...
<Utopiste> --- Got your hostname.
<Utopiste> --- Closing Link: #[fharvey@10.0.0.61] (Already connected)
<bear> yuck
<Utopiste> or ./server dircproxy.server.com port DROP:password to force
dropping the connexion
<bear> that''s what I was thinking
<Utopiste> will add a feature request for that and will look for this
<bear> k
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Original issue reported on code.google.com by noel.w8tvi on 29 Sep 2008 at 4:39

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Original comment by noel.w8tvi on 29 Sep 2008 at 4:58

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