[IRCServices] Another Suggesstion

[Scott Seufert]

on 7/19/00 6:01 AM, Joao Luis Marques Pinto at Lamego at PTlink.net wrote:

> 
> On Wed, 19 Jul 2000 09:52:42 Andrew Kempe wrote:
>> Ok, this is in reply to all the posts :)
>> 
>> o Linked nicks:
>> 
>> I can add a WHY command to ChanServ so that you can see why a person has
>> access to the channel (and maybe what access they have). The command would
>> go something like:
>> 
>> /msg chanserv why #chan joe
>> 
>> -ChanServ- Joe has access to #t via the nick NickX which is on the #t access
>> list [at level X]
>> 
>> The part in [] could be set to only be shown to users with a level equal to
>> or higher than X.
>> 
>> This would require a bit of list searching (not a very good thing) to find
>> the nickname the user is gaining access via. I need to look into this more.
> 
> This will take the same list searching of an access lookup when NickX joins or
> uses any channel command on #t, however the LINKS OFF setting, would decrease
> the searcing expense since it would just match against the effective nick.
> 

DALnet, has used the why command for years, it seems to be quite effective,
their system is a bit different when it comes to nicks. Since they allow
users to identify for other nicks, they have no use for the UN/LINK command.
Even so, the same condition can still arise.


Scott Seufert
aka Anarki
aka katsklaw
Server Admin
NoDoze.ShadowFire.Org


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