Cyrusauth CloneUser incomplete/overwriting user fields when cloning #1002

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2026-10-05T04:58:04+02:00

adam commented

2026-10-05 04:58:04 +02:00

Dear znc maintainers,

I am trying to setup an automatic auth with Cyrusauth CloneUser.

When a new user connects to znc, and the provided credentials successfully auth to a backend auth db, a template user previously specified by the command Cyrusauth CloneUser is cloned to fill all the default network information and settings, as expected.

Let's say that the template user is called dummy, and the connecting user is called john, the user's username and alt.nickname will be "john", but all those other fields would still mention "dummy":

user's nickname
user's ident
any server's:
- nickname
- alt.nickname
- ident

Therefore, the new user would have go to znc admin panel to fix those fields ("dummy"->"john") before connecting, and I wish I could avoid that manual step altogether and disable the admin panel for non-admin users.

Best,

Dear znc maintainers, I am trying to setup an automatic auth with Cyrusauth CloneUser. When a new user connects to znc, and the provided credentials successfully auth to a backend auth db, a template user previously specified by the command `Cyrusauth CloneUser` is cloned to fill all the default network information and settings, as expected. Let's say that the template user is called `dummy`, and the connecting user is called `john`, the user's username and alt.nickname will be "john", but all those other fields would still mention "dummy": * user's nickname * user's ident * any server's: * nickname * alt.nickname * ident Therefore, the new user would have go to znc admin panel to fix those fields ("dummy"->"john") before connecting, and I wish I could avoid that manual step altogether and disable the admin panel for non-admin users. Best,

adam commented

2026-10-05 04:58:05 +02:00

Dear znc maintainers (gentle ping @DarthGandalf ),

I tried to explore the code a bit, and found some places:

user's nickname and ident: https://github.com/znc/znc/blob/81df4dec56ba312f70bfa9ea4c7e6f2dda6b144d/src/User.cpp#L757-L759
server's nickname, alt.nickname, ident
- https://github.com/znc/znc/blob/81df4dec56ba312f70bfa9ea4c7e6f2dda6b144d/src/IRCNetwork.cpp#L197-L200

Should these be the places where one could automatically customize the dummy user at clone time ?

Best,

Dear znc maintainers (gentle ping @DarthGandalf ), I tried to explore the code a bit, and found some places: * user's nickname and ident: https://github.com/znc/znc/blob/81df4dec56ba312f70bfa9ea4c7e6f2dda6b144d/src/User.cpp#L757-L759 * server's nickname, alt.nickname, ident * https://github.com/znc/znc/blob/81df4dec56ba312f70bfa9ea4c7e6f2dda6b144d/src/IRCNetwork.cpp#L197-L200 Should these be the places where one could automatically customize the `dummy` user at clone time ? Best,

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Reference: adam/znc#1002