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Re: Freenode sasl authentication error rcirc
From: |
Frosku |
Subject: |
Re: Freenode sasl authentication error rcirc |
Date: |
Thu, 15 Apr 2021 01:08:40 +0100 |
On Thu Apr 15, 2021 at 1:06 AM BST, Bone Baboon wrote:
> I am trying to connect to Freenode. This was working fine but now I am
> receiving this error message:
>
> ```
> *** Notice -- You need to authenticate via sasl to use this server
> !!! Closing link: <gateway-information>
> (SASL access only)
> !!! freenode: connection broken by remote peer (closed)
> ```
>
> The IRC client I am using is rcirc an Emacs IRC client. I have not
> changed my rcirc configuration that was working.
>
> I am able to sign into Freenode without any trouble using Freenode's web
> irc client.
>
> I have tried adding the `gnutls`, `gsasl` and `cyrus-sasl` packages to
> my system configuration and reconfiguring. These packages do not fix
> this problem.
>
> The Emacs version is `27.2`.
Are you using tor? Because only certain forms of SASL authentication are
supported on tor.
https://freenode.net/news/tor-online
>>= %frosku = { os => 'gnu+linux', editor => 'emacs', coffee => 1 } =<<