5 <helpop key="start" value="InspIRCd help system
7 This system provides help for commands and modes.
8 Specify your question or a command name as the
9 parameter for this command. If you are an oper
10 you must prefix your query with a ? symbol.
12 /HELPOP COMMANDS - To see a list of user commands
13 /HELPOP COPER - To see a list of oper commands
14 /HELPOP UMODES - To see a list of user modes
15 /HELPOP CHMODES - To see a list of channel modes">
17 <helpop key="nohelp" value="There is no help for the topic
18 you searched for. Please try again.">
24 <helpop key="commands" value="User Commands
26 USER NICK QUIT VERSION PING
27 PONG ADMIN PRIVMSG INFO TIME
28 WHOIS NOTICE JOIN NAMES PART
29 KICK MODE TOPIC WHO MOTD
30 RULES OPER LIST LUSERS STATS
31 USERHOST AWAY ISON SUMMON USERS
32 INVITE PASS WHOWAS LINKS MAP
33 COMMANDS MODULES KNOCK SILENCE DEVOICE
34 REMOVE PARK UNPARK UNINVITE VHOST
37 <helpop key="watch" value="/WATCH [C|S|+/-[NICK]]
38 Adds or deletes a user from the watch list. C clears the list
39 and S queries the status.">
41 <helpop key="vhost" value="/VHOST [username] [password]
42 Authenticate for a vhost.">
44 <helpop key="park" value="/PARK
45 Parks the nickname which issues the command. The session's
46 connection is closed, but the session remains as a ghost, to
47 be reclaimed later. When the user quits, they will be given a"
48 key which is random.">
50 <helpop key="unpark" value="/UNPARK [nickname] [key]
51 Unparks the nickname specified. The nickname must already
52 be previously parked, and the key must match the one for
55 <helpop key="kick" value="/REMOVE [channel] [nick] {[reason]}
56 Removes a user from a channel you specify. You must be
57 At least a channel halfoperator to remove a user.
58 A removed user will part with a message stating they
59 were removed from the channel and by whom.">
61 <helpop key="devoice" value="/DEVOICE [channel]
62 Devoices yourself from the specified channel.">
64 <helpop key="silence" value="/SILENCE +/-[nick]
65 A serverside /ignore of the given nick. It does not follow
66 the users nick so if they change their nick you will recieve
67 their messages. /SILENCE without a parameter will list the nicks
68 that you have silenced.">
70 <helpop key="knock" value="/KNOCK [channel]
71 Sends a notice to a channel indicating you wish to join.">
73 <helpop key="user" value="/USER [ident] [local host] [remote host] :[GECOS]
74 This command is used by your client to register your irc session.
75 You should not use it during an established connection.">
77 <helpop key="nick" value="/NICK [new nick]
78 Change your nickname to [new nick].">
80 <helpop key="quit" value="/QUIT [reason]
81 Quit from IRC and end your current session.">
83 <helpop key="version" value="/VERSION
84 Returns the server's version number.">
86 <helpop key="ping" value="/PING [server]
87 Ping a server. Target server will answer with a PONG.">
89 <helpop key="pong" value="/PONG [server]
90 Your client should send this to answer server PINGs. You
91 should not issue this command manually.">
93 <helpop key="admin" value="/ADMIN [server]
94 Fetches the administrative information on the given server.">
96 <helpop key="privmsg" value="/MSG [target] [text]
97 Sends a message to a user or channel specified in [target].">
99 <helpop key="notice" value="/NOTICE [target] [text]
100 Sends a notice to a user or channel specified in [target].">
102 <helpop key="join" value="/JOIN [channel]{,[channel]} [key]{,[key]}
103 Joins one or more channels you provide the names for.">
105 <helpop key="names" value="/NAMES [channel]{,[channel]}
106 Return a list of users on the channels you provide.">
108 <helpop key="part" value="/PART [channel]{,[channel] [reason]}
109 Leaves one or more channels you specify.">
111 <helpop key="kick" value="/KICK [channel] [nick] {[reason]}
112 Kicks a user from a channel you specify. You must be
113 At least a channel halfoperator to kick a user.">
115 <helpop key="mode" value="/MODE [target] [+|-][modes]{[+|-][modes]} {mode parameters}
116 Sets the mode for a channel or a nickname specified in [target]
117 A user may only set modes upon themselves, and may not set the
118 +o usermode, and a user may only change channel modes of
119 channels where they are at least a halfoperator.">
121 <helpop key="topic" value="/TOPIC [channel] {topic}
122 Sets or retrieves the channel topic. If a channel topic is
123 given in teh command and the channel is either not +t, or
124 You are at least a halfoperator, the channel topic will be
125 changed to the new one you provide.">
127 <helpop key="who" value="/WHO [channel|nick|servermask|o 0]
128 Looks up the information of users matching the range you
129 provide. You may only /WHO nicknames in channels or on servers
130 where you share a common channel with them.
131 The syntax '/WHO o 0' shows a list of online IRC operators.">
133 <helpop key="motd" value="/MOTD [server]
134 Show the message of the day for [server]. Messages of the
135 day contain important server rules and notice and should be
136 read before using a server in any way!">
138 <helpop key="rules" value="/RULES
139 Show the rules file for the local server. This is similar in
140 effect to /MOTD except that rules are optional. All users are
141 sent the MOTD when they connect without having to request it.">
143 <helpop key="oper" value="/OPER [login] [password]
144 Attempts to authenticate a user as an IRC operator.
145 Please be aware that both successful and unsucessful oper attempts
146 Are logged, and sent to online IRC operators.">
148 <helpop key="list" value="/LIST [pattern]
149 Creates a list of all existing channels matching the glob pattern
150 [pattern], e.g. *chat* or bot*.">
152 <helpop key="lusers" value="/LUSERS
153 Shows a count of local and remote users, servers and channels.">
155 <helpop key="userhost" value="/USERHOST [nickname]
156 Returns the hostname and nickname of a user, and some other
157 miscellanious information.">
159 <helpop key="userip" value="/USERIP [nickname]
160 Returns the ip and nickname of a user.">
162 <helpop key="away" value="/AWAY {message}
163 If a message is given, marks you as being away, otherwise
164 removes your away status and previous message.">
166 <helpop key="ison" value="/ISON [nick] {[nick]...}
167 Returns a subset of the nicks you give, showing only those
168 that are currently online.">
170 <helpop key="summon" value="/SUMMON [user]
171 Summons a user from the shell where the ircd is running onto irc
172 This command is deprecated in the current protocol.">
174 <helpop key="users" value="/USERS
175 Shows users logged into the shell where the ircd is running.
176 This command is deprecated in the current protocol.">
178 <helpop key="invite" value="/INVITE [nick] [channel]
179 Invites a user to a channel. If the channel is NOT +i, any
180 user, channel op or not, may invite any other user to the
181 channel, so long as they are a member of that channel.
182 Otherwise, if +i is set only channel halfoperators
183 and above may invite users into the channel.">
185 <helpop key="pass" value="/PASS [password]
186 This command is used by your irc client when setting up
187 your irc session, and should not be issued by a fully
190 <helpop key="whowas" value="/WHOWAS [nick]
191 Returns a list of times the user was last seen on irc
192 along with the time they were last seen and their server.">
194 <helpop key="links" value="/LINKS
195 Shows all servers linked to this one. Note that in this
196 server implementation all links will be flattened as
197 a tree based layout is not in use.">
199 <helpop key="map" value="/MAP
200 Shows a graphical representation of all users and servers
201 on the network. The tree diagram is inaccurate in this
202 implementation as a tree based network is not in place.">
204 #####################
206 #####################
208 <helpop key="coper" value="Oper Commands
210 DIE RESTART KILL REHASH TRACE
211 CONNECT SQUIT MODULES MKPASSWD SHUN
212 KLINE QLINE GLINE ELINE ZLINE"
213 SAJOIN SAPART SAMODE SAQUIT SANICK
214 SETIDLE SETHOST SETNAME SETIDENT SWHOIS
215 OPERMOTD CHGHOST CHGNAME CHGIDENT CBAN
216 NICKLOCK NICKUNLOCK LOADMODULE UNLOADMODULE GLOBOPS
217 SPYLIST SPYNAMES GLOADMODULE GUNLOADMODULE MKSHA256
218 PARKSTATS FREEZE UNFREEZE OPERPERMS RCONNECT">
220 <helpop key="rconnect" value="/RCONNECT [source mask] [target mask]
221 All servers matching [source mask] will try to connect to
222 the first server in the config file matching [target mask].">
224 <helpop key="operperms" value="/OPERPERMS [nick]
225 List all commands an oper has access to use.">
227 <helpop key="freeze" value="/FREEZE [nick]
228 Prevents the user from sending commands until they reconnect.
229 User is also notified they have been frozen.">
231 <helpop key="unfreeze" value="/UNFREEZE [nick]
232 Unfreezes a user frozen by the /FREEZE command.">
234 <helpop key="parkstats" value="/PARKSTATS
235 Displays the park module's statistics">
237 <helpop key="spylist" value="/SPYLIST
238 Operates the same as /LIST but includes +s and +p channels.">
240 <helpop key="spynames" value="/SPYNAMES [channel]
241 Operates the same as /name but works on +s and +p channels.">
243 <helpop key="globops" value="/GLOBOPS [message]
244 Sends a message to all +g users.">
246 <helpop key="cban " value="/CBAN [channel] {[duration] :[reason]}
247 Sets or removes a channel ban. You must specify at least
248 3 parameters to add a ban, and one parameter to remove a ban.
249 The duration may be specified in seconds, or in the following format
250 1y2w3d4h5m6s - meaning one year, two weeks, three days, 4 hours,
251 5 minutes and 6 seconds. All fields in this format are optional.">
253 <helpop key="sajoin" value="/SAJOIN [nick] [channel]
254 Forces the user to join the channel.">
256 <helpop key="sapart" value="/SAPART [nick] [channel]
257 Forces the user to part the channel.">
259 <helpop key="samode" value="/SAMODE [#chan/nick] +/-[modes] {[parameters for modes]}
260 Gives the channel or nick the modes specified.">
262 <helpop key="sanick" value="/SANICK [nick] [new nick]
263 Changes the users nick to the new nick.">
265 <helpop key="saquit" value="/SAQUIT [nick] [reason]
266 Forces user to quit with the specified reason.">
268 <helpop key="setidle" value="/SETIDLE [idle time]
269 Sets your idle time (in seconds).">
271 <helpop key="sethost" value="/SETHOST [host]
272 Sets your host to the specified host.">
274 <helpop key="setident" value="/SETIDENT [ident]
275 Sets your ident to the specified ident.">
277 <helpop key="setname" value="/SETNAME [name]
278 Sets your name to the specified name.">
280 <helpop key="swhois line="/SWHOIS [nick] [swhois]
281 Sets the users swhois field to the given swhois.">
283 <helpop key="mkpasswd" value="/MKPASSWD [plaintext]
284 Encodes the plaintext to an MD5 hash and displays the result.">
286 <helpop key="mksha256" value="/MKSHA256 [plaintext]
287 Encodes the plaintext to an SHA-256 hash and displays the result.">
289 <helpop key="opermotd" value="/OPERMOTD
290 Re-displays the Oper MOTD.">
292 <helpop key="nicklock" value="/NICKLOCK [nick] [new nick]
293 Changes user's nick to the new nick, and forces
294 it to remain as such for the remainder of the session.">
296 <helpop key="nickunlock" value="/NICKUNLOCK [nick]
297 Allows the user to change nicks.">
299 <helpop key="chghost" value="/CHGHOST [nickname] [new hostname]
300 Changes the hostname of the user to the new hostname>.">
302 <helpop key="chgname" value="/CHGNAME [nickname] [new name]
303 Changes the name of the user to the new name>.">
305 <helpop key="chgident" value="/CHGIDENT [nickname] [new ident]
306 Changes the ident of the user to the new ident.">
308 <helpop key="shun" value="/SHUN [user@host] {[duration] :[reason]}
309 Sets or removes a shun (serverside ignore) on a host and ident mask.
310 You must specify at least 3 parameters to add a shun, and one
311 parameter to remove a shun (just the user@host section).
312 The duration may be specified in seconds, or in the following format
313 1y2w3d4h5m6s - meaning one year, two weeks, three days, 4 hours,
314 5 minutes and 6 seconds. All fields in this format are optional.">
316 <helpop key="die" value="/DIE [password]
317 If the correct password is provided, and you are an operator,
318 This command will shut down the local server.">
320 <helpop key="restart" value="/RESTART [password]
321 If the correct password is provided, and you are an operator,
322 This command will restart the local server.">
324 <helpop key="commands" value="/COMMANDS
325 Shows all currently available commands.">
327 <helpop key="kill" value="/KILL [user] [reason]
328 This command will disconnect a user from IRC with the given reason.">
330 <helpop key="rehash" value="/REHASH
331 This command will cause the server configuration file to be
332 re-read and values re-initialised.">
334 <helpop key="trace" value="/TRACE [nick|user@host|servermask]
335 This command will provide a list of all users and servers which
336 must be passed through or over to reach a given object (server or user).">
338 <helpop key="connect" value="/CONNECT [servermask]
339 Create a mesh connection to the given servermask. You must have
340 configured the server for linking in your configuration file,
341 and provided a password.">
343 <helpop key="squit" value="/SQUIT
344 Disconnects the local server from the mesh network, causing every
345 other server in the network to drop it.">
347 <helpop key="modules" value="/MODULES
348 Lists currently loaded modules, their memory offsets and version
349 numbers and flags. If you are not an operator, you will see reduced
352 <helpop key="loadmodule" value="/LOADMODULE [filename.so]
353 Loads a module into the IRCd.">
355 <helpop key="unloadmodule" value="/UNLOADMODULE [filename.so]
356 Unloads a module from the IRCd. The module cannot have the static
357 flag set (see the output of /MODULES).">
359 <helpop key="gloadmodule" value="/GLOADMODULE [filename.so]
360 Globally loads a module into the network.">
362 <helpop key="gunloadmodule" value="/GUNLOADMODULE [filename.so]
363 Globally unloads a module from the network. The module cannot
364 have the static flag set (see the output of /MODULES).">
366 <helpop key="kline" value="/KLINE [user@host] {[duration] :[reason]}
367 Sets or removes a k-line (host based ban) on a host and ident mask.
368 You must specify at least 3 parameters to add a ban, and one
369 parameter to remove a ban (just the user@host section).
370 The duration may be specified in seconds, or in the following format
371 1y2w3d4h5m6s - meaning one year, two weeks, three days, 4 hours,
372 5 minutes and 6 seconds. All fields in this format are optional.">
374 <helpop key="zline" value="/ZLINE [ipmask] {[duration] :[reason]}
375 Sets or removes a z-line (ip based ban) on an ip range mask.
376 You must specify at least 3 parameters to add a ban, and one
377 parameter to remove a ban (just the user@host section).
378 The duration may be specified in seconds, or in the following format
379 1y2w3d4h5m6s - meaning one year, two weeks, three days, 4 hours,
380 5 minutes and 6 seconds. All fields in this format are optional.">
382 <helpop key="qline" value="/QLINE [nickmask] {[duration] :[reason]}
383 Sets or removes a q-line (nick based ban) on a nick mask.
384 You must specify at least 3 parameters to add a ban, and one
385 parameter to remove a ban (just the user@host section).
386 The duration may be specified in seconds, or in the following format
387 1y2w3d4h5m6s - meaning one year, two weeks, three days, 4 hours,
388 5 minutes and 6 seconds. All fields in this format are optional.">
390 <helpop key="gline" value="/GLINE [user@host] {[duration] :[reason]}
391 Sets or removes a g-line (global host based ban) on host mask.
392 You must specify at least 3 parameters to add a ban, and one
393 parameter to remove a ban (just the user@host section).
394 The duration may be specified in seconds, or in the following format
395 1y2w3d4h5m6s - meaning one year, two weeks, three days, 4 hours,
396 5 minutes and 6 seconds. All fields in this format are optional.">
398 <helpop key="eline" value="/ELINE [user@host] {[duration] :[reason]}
399 Sets or removes a e-line (local ban exception) on host mask.
400 You must specify at least 3 parameters to add an exception, and one
401 parameter to remove an exception (just the user@host section).
402 The duration may be specified in seconds, or in the following format
403 1y2w3d4h5m6s - meaning one year, two weeks, three days, 4 hours,
404 5 minutes and 6 seconds. All fields in this format are optional.">
406 ######################
407 # User/Channel Modes #
408 ######################
410 <helpop key="umodes" value="User Modes
413 i Is invisible to /WHO
414 w Can receive wallops messages
415 s Can receive server notices
416 n [mask] Can recieve server notices specified by [mask]
417 x Cloaked hostname (requires cloaking module)
418 g Can receive globops (requires globops module)
419 h Will receive helpops notification (requires helpop module)
420 r Nickname is registered
421 R Only registered users can PRIVMSG this nickname
423 G Messages are censored to user
424 W Can see when a user uses WHOIS on them
425 S mIRC colour codes are stripped to the user
426 D User can not recieve PRIVMSGs">
428 <helpop key="chmodes" value="Channel Modes
430 v [nickname] Gives voice to [nickname] (can talk on +m channel)
431 h [nickname] Gives halfops to [nickname]
432 o [nickname] Gives ops to [nickname]
433 b [hostmask] Bans [hostmask] on the channel
434 a [nickname] Give protected status to [nickname] (+q only)
435 q [nickname] Give founder status to [nickname] (ulines only)
436 i Make the channel invite only, must /INVITE users
437 k [key] Set the channel key (password) to [key]
438 l [limit] Set the maximum possible users to [limit]
439 m Enable moderation. Only +vo(h) can speak
440 n Only users who are members of the channel may message it
441 p Make channel private (hide from /LIST)
442 s Make channel secret (can't be used at the same time as +p)
443 O Channel is IRCops only (can only be set by IRCops)
444 t Only halfops and above can change the topic
445 Q Only U-Lined servers/nicks can kick
446 T Only halfops/ops can send NOTICEs to the channel
447 C No CTCPs allowed to the channel
448 c mIRC colour codes blocked on the channel
449 S mIRC colour codes are stripped from the channel
450 e [hostmask] Ban exception on [hostmask]
451 K No /KNOCK allowed to channel
452 L [channel] If the channel is full, redirect users to [channel]
453 N No nickchanges while on the channel
454 G Censors channel based on network censor config
455 g [word] All messages containing the word are blocked
456 I [hostmask] Invite exception allows user to join a channel with +i
457 j [joins]:[sec] Prevents join flooding
458 J [seconds] Prevents auto-rejoin on kick
459 f [*][lines]:[sec] Kick on text flood. With * user is banned
461 r Channel is registered
462 R Only registered users can join
463 M Non-registered users can't chat
465 x Join exception mask. Avoids +ibkO
467 NOTE: A large number of these modes are dependent upon server-side modules
468 being loaded by a server/network administrator. The actual modes available
469 on your network may be very different to this list. Please consult your
470 help channel if you have any questions.">
472 ######################
474 ######################
476 <helpop key="stats" value="/STATS [symbol]
477 Shows various server statistics. Depending on configuration this
478 command may be reserved for oper-only use.
482 m Show command statistics, number of times commands have been used
483 z Show memory usage statistics
484 o Show a list of all valid oper usernames and hostmasks
485 l Show all inbound and outbound server and client connections
487 k Show k-lines (local bans)
488 g Show g-lines (global bans)
489 q Show q-lines (nick mask bans)
490 Z Show z-lines (ip mask bans)
491 Y Show connection classes
493 U Show u-lined servers
494 P Show online opers and their idle times
495 I Show connect class permissions
496 e Show e-lines (local ban exemptions)
500 Note that all /STATS use is broadcast to online IRC operators.">