NickServ Help

 
NickServ allows you to "register" a nickname and prevent others from using it. If the nick is not used
for a period of days, the registration will expire. The following commands allow for the registration
and maintenance of nicknames to use them type: /msg NickServ {command}.

REGISTER:
/msg NickServ register {password} {email address}
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 will need it to make changes to your nick
later. You will also need it to identify when first connecting. Note that case matters! FIDO, Fido, 
and fido are all different passwords.

Guidelines for choosing passwords:
Password should not be easily guessed. For example, using your real name as a password is a bad
idea. Using your nickname as a password is a much worse idea, 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. Passwords cannot contain spaces.

IDENTIFY:
/msg NickServ identify {password}
Tells NickServ that you are really the owner of this nick. NickServ will ask you to identify each time
you connect. 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 command.

ACCESS:
/msg NickServ access add user@host
/msg NickServ access del user@host
/msg NickServ access list
Modifies or displays the access list for your nick. This is the list of addresses which will be
recognized by NickServ as allowed to use the nick. If you want to use the nick from different 
addresses, you need to send an IDENTIFY command to make sure nickserv recognizes you.
Examples:
/msg nickserv access add jesse@*.micro-net.com
Allows the user jesse access from any machine in the micro-net.com domain.
/msg nickserv access del jesse@*.micro-net.com 
Reverses the previous command.

LINK
/msg nickserv link nick password
Links your nickname to another, effectively making the nick you are currently using an alias
for the given nick.  When you give this command, the access list for the nick you are using is
deleted and replaced by that of the nick you are linking to; all memos for your current nick are added 
to the list of memos for the target nick (this may cause the nick to exceed its limit of memos, in which
case you will need to delete some before you can receive more for either nick).
Once the link has been established, your nick will be transparently converted into the target nick 
everywhere in Services, except for the Nickserv UNLINK and DROP commands.  For example,
you can use either nick to read the same set of memos (and memos sent to either nick will go into 
the same list).  If you identify for one nick, you will automatically be identified for the other nick as well.
If either nick is on a channel’s access list, then both nicks will get the same access privileges.  In
order to use this command, you must identify for your current nick (using the IDENTIFY command),
and you must supply the password for the nick you wish to link to.

SET:
/msg nickserv set {option} {parameter}
Sets various options for your nickname.  Options include:

  PASSWORD   /msg nickserv set password {new password}
   Changes the password you currently use to a new one.
 URL  /msg nickserv set url {url}
   Associates a url with your nickname, that will be seen when someone 
   Requests information on your nick with the INFO command.
 EMAIL  /msg nickserv set email {email address}
   Associates an E-mail address with your nickname, that will be seen when
   Someone requests information on your nick with the INFO command.
 KILL  /msg nickserv set kill {on | quick | immed | off}
   Turns the automatic kill protection for you nick on or off.  With kill protection 
   on or off.  With kill protection on, if another user tries to take your nick, they will be    given one minute to change to another nick, after which they will be forcibly
   removed from IRC by nickserv.
   If you select QUICK, the user will be given only 20 seconds to change nickse
   instead of the usual 60.  If you select IMMED, the user will be killed immediately
    without being warned first or given a chance to change their nick; please do not
   use this option unless necessary.  (This option may be disable)
  SECURE /msg nickserv set secure {on | off}
   Turns Nickservs security features on or off for your nick.  With SECURE set,
   You must enter your password before you will be recognized as the owner 
    of the nick, regardless of whether your address is on the access list. However,
   If you are on the access list, Nickserv will not auto-kill you regardless of the 
   setting of the KILL option.
 PRIVATE   /msg nickserv set private {on | off}
   Turns nickservs privacy option on or off for your nick.  With PRIVATE set, 
   your nickname will not appear in nickname lists generated with nickservs
   list command.  (Anyone who knows your nickname can still get information on 
    it using the INFO command).
 HIDE  /msg nickerv set hide {email | usermask |quit} {on | off}
   Thi s command allows you to prevent certain pieces of information from
   being displayed when someone does a nickserv INFO on your nick.  You can
   hide your email address, last seen user@host (usermask), and last quit message.
   The second parameter specifies whether the information should be displayed 
       (OFF) or hidden (ON).
   

   

DROP:
/msg NickServ drop
This allows you to drop a nickname from the nickserv database if you will no longer be using it.

RECOVER:
/msg NickServ recover nickname {password}
Allows you to recover your nickname if someone else has taken it; this does the same thing that
NickServ does automatically if someone steals a kill-protected nick. 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 doesn't immediately reconnect; after that
minute, you can reclaim your nick. Alternatively use the RELEASE command 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.

RELEASE:
/msg NickServ 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 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 access list.

GHOST:
/msg nickserv 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 of 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:
/msg NickServ INFO nickname
Displays information about the given nickname, such as the nick's owner, last seen time and address,
and nick options.

LIST
/msg nickserv list {pattern}
Lists all registered nicknames which match the given pattern, in nick!user@host format.  Nicks with 
the PRIVATE option set will only be displayed to services admins.
Examples:
/msg nickserv list *!joeuser@foo.com
Lists all registered nicks owned by joeuser@foo.com
/msg nickserv list *Bot*!*@*
Lists all registered nicks with Bot in ther names (case insensitive).

STATUS
/msg nickserv STATUS {nickname}
Returns whether the user using the given nickname is recognized as the owner of the nickname.
The response has this format:
     Nickname status-code
Where nickname is the nick sent with the command and status-code is one of the following:
 0 - no such user online or nickname not registered
 1 - user not recognized as nicknames owner
 2 - user recognized as owner via access list only
  3 - user recognized as owner via password identification.
Up to sixteen nicknames may be sent with each command; the rest will be ignored.  No error message
is generated if no nicknames is given.

**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 a minimum, loss of the abused nickname(s). As always, if you have any trouble with
NickServ or your password, please join #Help or #Shadow and speak with a CSadmin or
CSoperator.

CSadmins: Spottie, DAEMON, BlackHole, Skitz