[IRCServices] Questions from a newbie

Andy Smith grifferz at blitzed.org
Tue Aug 14 11:50:01 PDT 2001


On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 10:44:55AM +0200, Lonewolf wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 05:16:03AM -0200, Wouter de Waal wrote:
> > Why the difference, registered vs identified?
> This is because they're two different versions of the ircd.  DALnet's
> old DreamForce uses "registered" and the newer Bahamut uses
> "identified".  The latter makes more sense, but otherwise doesn't make
> any technical difference.

And also please note that bahamut 1.4.8 is a very old version which
contains a number of well known exploits that allow any user to
crash it, so you should upgrade to the latest released bahamut.

> > Also, shouldn't the server kick me off if I'm using a registered
> > nick and I don't identify with the correct password?
> Only if that nickname has "kill" protection enabled.
> 
> > Next question, r.e. chanserv. I now have the channels that I want
> > registered, how do I stop ppl from creating any other channels? I
> > only want the channels on there that I created, obviously I want
> > other channels killed with a nice error message.
> You'll have to fiddle with the source code to get it to do that.

Perhaps you could alter it so that the chanserv register command is
available only to services admins or something.

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