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Hallo there,

sometimes there are strange bugs where e.g. a chest is locked in singleplayer, but the singleplayer can't open it. Or if you are admin of a server and you need to test some ACL-like features, then it is always great to know what your name is.

So a simple command names /whoami just returns our player name.

/me

I added the “whoami” to my Player tools mod.
Find this mod here: Player tools.

kaeza wrote:

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minetest.register_chatcommand("whoami", {
  description = "Tell who you are.",
  params = "",
  func = function(name)
    minetest.chat_send_player(name, "You are "..name.."!")
  end,
})


Using /me would be enough. You don't need a mod for that :D

How about send a random chat message? Works if you have "shout" priv.

Why are you trying to solve a problem which has already be solved?
Your “solutions” are not what lightonflux wanted.
The “/me” command clutters the chat and also requires the “shout” privilege. Just using a chat messsage also clutters the chat and also requires the “shout” privilege. So both methods are not reliable.
The “whoami” command in the playertools mod does not require any privilege and only affects the chat for the player who issued the command. No other player will be bothered with a chat message.

The only problem with “whoami” is that you currently depend on the server for this to work. I really wish such a command goes straight into Minetest’s builtin by default, so nobody has to install mods.

Wuzzy wrote:The only problem with “whoami” is that you currently depend on the server for this to work. I really wish such a command goes straight into Minetest’s builtin by default, so nobody has to install mods.

It's in Carbone's default mod, so any server using Carbone will have it.

It would be nice if minetest_next had it too.