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I'm using irssi for my IRC client, and whenever I connect to a channel (e.g., #whatwg), it greets me with the line and I've tried the command line 

0:22 -!- <nick> [~kalaracey@12.345.678.90] has joined #whatwg

I do not want my real hostname username there (i.e., kalaracey). How do I change this, so that kalaracey isn't there; i.e., everybody doesn't match that name with my IP.

I've tried irssi --hostname=<hostname> and irssi -h <hostname. I've also done, inside irssi, /set hostname <hostname> and, when adding a server, /server add -host <hostname> -network <network> <address>.

EDIT: Just realized what I want to hide is my username, NOT my hostname. Thanks @DaveC.

Kyle L
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To change your username in irssi do:

/set user_name <whatever>

From within the client.

Dave C
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A common technique for hiding the host name of a client is known as "irc bouncing". It involves getting a shell on a public server and connecting to an IRC network through that.

The parameter you want to change in your question is the user name. It's probably based on the email convention "user at host" aka bob@mail.com, for example. The username can usually be changed in the IRC client.

In irssi, the command is /set user_name [parameter]

E.G.:

prompt>>> /set user_name jaro


08:26 [server]
08:26 user_name = jaro

prompt>>> /connect irc.efnet.org

08:26 >  ! Irssi: Looking up irc.efnet.org
08:26 >  ! Irssi: Connecting to irc.efnet.org [208.51.40.2] port 6667
08:26 >  ! Irssi: Connection to irc.efnet.org established
(...)
08:26 >  ! Irssi: Your nick is owned by jaroslav  (rakhmato@flode.12313.pvv.ntnu.no)

prompt>>> /whois rakhmato

08:26 >  ! rakhmato (~jaro@54.44.202.84.customer.cdi.no)
08:26 >  !  ircname  : jaroslav
08:26 >  !  server   : irc.eversible.com (Eversible.com Internet Services)
08:26 >  !  hostname : 84.202.44.54
08:26 >  !  idle     : 0 days 0 hours 0 mins 21 secs (signon: Wed Mar 13 08:22:23 2013)
08:26 >  ! End of WHOIS
Ярослав Рахматуллин
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For irssi at least, there're several name related settings need to be set:

/set nick ...
/set user_name ...
/set real_name ...

Note that they need to be set before connecting to a server.

Kay
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