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     1  # Freenode IRC Administration Guidelines and Tips
     2  
     3  This is not meant to be a general "Here's how to IRC" document, so if you're
     4  looking for that, check Google instead. ♥
     5  
     6  If you've been charged with helping maintain one of Docker's now many IRC
     7  channels, this might turn out to be useful.  If there's information that you
     8  wish you'd known about how a particular channel is organized, you should add
     9  deets here! :)
    10  
    11  ## `ChanServ`
    12  
    13  Most channel maintenance happens by talking to Freenode's `ChanServ` bot.  For
    14  example, `/msg ChanServ ACCESS <channel> LIST` will show you a list of everyone
    15  with "access" privileges for a particular channel.
    16  
    17  A similar command is used to give someone a particular access level.  For
    18  example, to add a new maintainer to the `#docker-maintainers` access list so
    19  that they can contribute to the dicsussions (after they've been merged
    20  appropriately in a `MAINTAINERS` file, of course), one would use `/msg ChanServ
    21  ACCESS #docker-maintainers ADD <nick> maintainer`.
    22  
    23  To setup a new channel with a similar `maintainer` access template, use a
    24  command like `/msg ChanServ TEMPLATE <channel> maintainer +AV` (`+A` for letting
    25  them view the `ACCESS LIST`, `+V` for auto-voice; see `/msg ChanServ HELP FLAGS`
    26  for more details).
    27  
    28  ## Troubleshooting
    29  
    30  The most common cause of not-getting-auto-`+v` woes is people not being
    31  `IDENTIFY`ed with `NickServ` (or their current nickname not being `GROUP`ed with
    32  their main nickname) -- often manifested by `ChanServ` responding to an `ACCESS
    33  ADD` request with something like `xyz is not registered.`.
    34  
    35  This is easily fixed by doing `/msg NickServ IDENTIFY OldNick SecretPassword`
    36  followed by `/msg NickServ GROUP` to group the two nicknames together.  See
    37  `/msg NickServ HELP GROUP` for more information.