1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/plugins-scripts/check_ircd.pl b/plugins-scripts/check_ircd.pl
index e7ab80c2..d869ae7b 100755
--- a/plugins-scripts/check_ircd.pl
+++ b/plugins-scripts/check_ircd.pl
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ $ENV{'ENV'}='';
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------[ Global ]--
 
 $PROGNAME = "check_ircd";
+# nickname shouldn't be longer than 9 chars, this might happen with large PIDs
+# To prevent this, we cut of the part over 10000
 my $NICK="ircd" . $$ % 10000;
 my $USER_INFO="monitor localhost localhost : ";