Freenode

We use the heck out of freenode. We sometimes need to add people to channel access lists, give them privileges, etc. Here's a quickie cheat sheet. See m:IRC/Instructions#Instructions for channel ops for more.

Wikimedia used to host a freenode server: dickson.freenode.net.

Becoming ops in a channel

/msg chanserv op #channelnamehere

Also /msg chanserv deop #channelnamehere when you are done doing ops things.

Check the access list for a channel

/msg chanserv access #channelnamehere list

Add someone to an access list with a pile of rights

You probably want to give someone what everyone else in the list has. Here's an example though:

/msg chanserv access #channelnamehere add nicknamehere +votsriRfA

Invite someone to a channel (permanently)

This will allow someone to join an invite-only channel. You should use /whois nick to look at how their nick is currently set and use that as the template for the command.

/mode #mediawiki_security +I nick(or *)!*@* (or cloak)

Invite someone to a list temporarily

From within the channel itself:

/invite nicknamehere

Ban someone from a channel

/mode #channelnamehere +b *!*@hostnamehere

You can use wildcards in place of part of the hostname.

Some of those flags

(Stolen from [oxin.jottit.com/freenode_chanserv_commands])

• +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 kick, ban, and kickban commands.
• +R - Enables use of the recover 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.
• +F - Grants full founder access.
• +b - Enables automatic kickban.