1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/plugins-scripts/check_ircd.pl b/plugins-scripts/check_ircd.pl
index 22d21c2e..84f20229 100755
--- a/plugins-scripts/check_ircd.pl
+++ b/plugins-scripts/check_ircd.pl
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ sub print_usage ();
 sub connection ($$$$);
 sub bindRemote ($$);
 
-# -------------------------------------------------------------[ Enviroment ]--
+# -------------------------------------------------------------[ Environment ]--
 
 $ENV{'PATH'}='@TRUSTED_PATH@';
 $ENV{'BASH_ENV'}=''; 
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ $ENV{'ENV'}='';
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------[ Global ]--
 
 $PROGNAME = "check_ircd";
-my $NICK="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 : ";
         
 # -------------------------------------------------------------[ connection ]--
@@ -206,7 +208,7 @@ MAIN:
 
         # Just in case of problems, let's not hang the monitoring system
         $SIG{'ALRM'} = sub {
-                print "Somthing is Taking a Long Time, Increase Your TIMEOUT (Currently Set At $TIMEOUT Seconds)\n";
+                print "Something is Taking a Long Time, Increase Your TIMEOUT (Currently Set At $TIMEOUT Seconds)\n";
                 exit $ERRORS{"UNKNOWN"};
         };