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NOTICE: This service is intended to provide a way for IRC users to ensure their identity is not compromised. It is NOT intended to facilitate "stealing" of nicknames or other malicious actions. Abuse of NickServ will result in, at minimum, loss of the abused nickname(s).
REGISTER password
Registers your nickname in the NickServ database. Once your nick is registered, you can use the SET and ACCESS commands to configure your nick's settings as you like them. Make sure you remember the password you use when registering - you'll need it to make changes to your nick later. (Note that case matters! FIDO, Fido, and fido are all different passwords!)
Guidelines on choosing passwords:
Passwords should not be easily guessable. For example, using your real name as a password is a bad idea. Using your nickname as a password is a much worse idea ;) and, in fact, NickServ will not allow it. Also, short passwords are vulnerable to trial-and-error searches, so you should choose a password at least 5 characters long. Finally, the space character cannot be used in passwords.
IDENTIFY password
Tells NickServ that you are really the owner of this nick. Many commands require you to authenticate yourself with this command before you use them. The password should be the same one you sent with the REGISTER
ACCESS ADD mask
ACCESS DEL mask
ACCESS LIST
Modifies or displays the access list for your nick. This is the list of addresses which will be automatically recognized by NickServ as allowed to use the nick. If you want to use the nick from a different address, you need to send an IDENTIFY command to make NickServ recognize you.
Examples:
ACCESS ADD iceman@*.icenet.org
Allows access to user iceman from any machine in the icenet.org domain.
ACCESS DEL iceman@*.icnet.org
Reverses the previous command.
ACCESS LIST
Displays the current access list.
GHOST nickname password
Terminates a "ghost" IRC session using your nick. A "ghost" session is one which is not actually connected, but which the IRC server believes is still online for one reason or another. Typically, this happens if your computer crashes or your Internet or modem connection goes down for a short period of time while you're on IRC.
In order to use the GHOST command for a nick, your current address as shown in /WHOIS must be on that nick's access list.
INFO nickname
Displays information about the given nickname, such as the nick's owner, last seen address and time, and nick options.
LIST pattern
Lists all registered nicknames which match the given pattern, in nick!user@host format.
Examples:
LIST *!joeuser@foo.com Lists all nicks owned by joeuser@foo.com.
LIST *Bot*!* Lists all registered nicks with Bot in their names (case insensitive).
LIST *!*@*.bar.org Lists all nicks owned by users in the bar.org domain.
RELEASE nickname password
Instructs NickServ to remove any hold on your nickname caused by automatic kill protection or use of the RECOVER command. By default, such holds last for one minute; this command gets rid of them sooner. In order to use the RELEASE command for a nick, your current address as shown in /WHOIS must be on that nick's
RECOVER nickname password
Allows you to recover your nickname if someone else has taken it; this does the same thing that does automatically if someone steals a kill-protected nick. Depending on the IRCD version, and how Services operates this may be different. Xnet IRC services software can use A) and B), but irc.xnet.org (the IRC network, not the software) is running in mode B) (read below)
A) NickServ Collide/Kill and Hold. (Xnet IRCD version 4.0 or less) When you give this command, NickServ will bring a fake user online with the same nickname as the user you're trying to recover your nick from. This causes the IRC servers to disconnect the other user. NickServ's fake user will remain online for one minute to ensure that the other user does not immediately reconnect; after that minute, you can reclaim your nick. Alternatively, use the RELEASE command (/msg NickServ HELP RELEASE) to get the nick back sooner. In order to use the RECOVER command for a nick, your current address as shown in /WHOIS must be on that nick's access list.
B) NickServ NickChange (Xnet.5BETAII with SVSNICK_ENABLED)
NickServ will change the nick of the user. NickServ will not hold the nick. (You are most likely going to see this) -> *nickServ* help drop
DROP
Drops your nickname from the NickServ database. A nick that has been dropped is free for anyone to re-register. In order to use this command, you must first identify with your password (/msg NickServ HELP IDENTIFY for more information).
SET option parameters
Sets various nickname options. option can be one of:
PASSWORD Set your nickname password
PROTECT Turn nick protection on or off
SECURE Turn nickname security on or off
CONTACT Email or other contact method
URL A homepage
OPER Set the nickname to Oper Mode (only opers can do this)
TIMEZONE Automatic Time Conversion for memoserv!
In order to use this command, you must first identify with your password (/msg NickServ HELP IDENTIFY for more information).
VERIFY nickname
This will give a result depending on whether the user has been "Recognized" to services. This is good to see if someone is identified, or just impersonating.
"REC" means recognized
"UNREC" means unrecognized.
COMMANDS
This will make Services show you a list of available commands. Generally this command is on-the-fly generation, thus making it more up-to-date than the helpfiles. |
