h1. IRC

h2. Introduction

See the "IRC section in the CommunityAndContact wiki page":https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/CommunityAndContact#IRC on the Replicant wiki for more details on how IRC is used.

h2. Freenode

h3. How to make someone operator temporarily

Syntax: @/mode #replicant +o <nickname>@
Example: @/mode #replicant +o GNUtoo@

h3. How to make someone operator automatically

To get the help on Freenode, and with irssi, you could use: @/query ChanServ HELP FLAGS@

It will switch to the ChanServ window and show the help.

At the time of writing this gives:
<pre>
***** ChanServ Help *****
Help for FLAGS:
 
The FLAGS command allows for the granting/removal of channel
privileges on a more specific, non-generalized level. It
supports nicknames, groups and hostmasks as targets.
 
When only the channel argument is given, a listing of
permissions granted to users will be displayed.
 
Syntax: FLAGS <#channel>
 
Otherwise, an access entry is modified. A modification may be
specified by a template name (changes the access to the
template) or a flags change (starts with + or -). See the
TEMPLATE help entry for more information about templates.
 
If you are not a founder, you may only manipulate flags you
have yourself, and may not edit users that have flags you
don't have. For this purpose, +v grants the ability to grant
+V, +o grants the ability to grant +O, and +r grants the
ability to grant +b.
 
 
As of Atheme 7.0, there are now extended entity targets
which allow you to match chanacs against a situation instead
of against a nickname, hostmask or group.
 
Available exttargets are:
$chanacs:#channel - Any user with channel access in the given channel
                      (including hostmasks).
 
If you do not have +f you may still remove your own access
with -*.
 
Syntax: FLAGS <#channel> [nickname|hostmask|group template]
Syntax: FLAGS <#channel> [nickname|hostmask|group flag_changes]
 
Permissions:
    +v - Enables use of the voice/devoice commands.
    +V - Enables automatic voice.
    +o - Enables use of the op/deop commands.
    +O - Enables automatic op.
    +s - Enables use of the set command.
    +i - Enables use of the invite and getkey commands.
    +r - Enables use of the unban command.
    +R - Enables use of the recover, sync and clear commands.
    +f - Enables modification of channel access lists.
    +t - Enables use of the topic and topicappend commands.
    +A - Enables viewing of channel access lists.
    +S - Marks the user as a successor.
    +F - Grants full founder access.
    +b - Enables automatic kickban.
    +e - Exempts from +b and enables unbanning self.

The special permission +* adds all permissions except +b, +S, and +F.
The special permission -* removes all permissions including +b and +F.

Examples:
    /msg ChanServ FLAGS #foo
    /msg ChanServ FLAGS #foo foo!*@bar.com VOP
    /msg ChanServ FLAGS #foo foo!*@bar.com -V+oO
    /msg ChanServ FLAGS #foo foo!*@bar.com -*
    /msg ChanServ FLAGS #foo foo +oOtsi
    /msg ChanServ FLAGS #foo TroubleUser!*@*.troubleisp.net +b
    /msg ChanServ FLAGS #foo !baz +*
***** End of Help *****
</pre>

So to make @GNUtoo@ an operator we can use: @/msg ChanServ FLAGS #replicant GNUtoo +O@

h2. OFTC

TODO

h2. See also

* The "Infrastructure":https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/Infrastructure page on the Replicant wiki has many information on the IRC channel(s) too.