User NickServ Commands

What is NickServ?

NickServ is a nickname and authentication service, intended to serve as a central authentication point for all other network services. All other services depend on NickServ to verify that users are valid. It also manages nickname ownership.

ACCOUNTINFO
/ns ACCOUNTINFO <nick|*account>
Displays infomation on the specified account, including the date the account was registered, the last time it was used, its infoline, its flags, its hostmask(s), its channels, and nicknames of users currently using the account.
You may use *Account instead of Nick as the name argument; the * makes NickServ use the name of an account directly (useful if the user is not online).
See Also: nickinfo, userinfo, account flags

ADDMASK
/ns ADDMASK [user@host]
Adds the specified user@host to the account you are authenticated to with NickServ. If no mask is given, it uses your current mask.
See Also: auth, delmask

AUTH
/ns AUTH [account] <password> OR /AUTH [account] <password>
Authenticates yourself with NickServ to the specified account. You must use auth before you have any access to network services, including channels that are registered with ChanServ.
If you omit the account, it uses your current nick as your account name.
See Also: pass, resetpass, authcookie

AUTHCOOKIE
/ns AUTHCOOKIE <account>
Requests that NickServ send you email with a cookie that allows you to auth to your account if you do not have a matching hostmask. (For example, if your ISP changed your IP or hostname.)
Once you receive the cookie in email, you can use the cookie command to log in.
See Also: cookie, delcookie

COOKIE
/ns COOKIE <account> <cookie>
Completes the maintenance action (for example, activating an account or changing your password) for which a cookie was issued. The cookie will then be forgotten.
See Also: authcookie, resetpass, set, delcookie

DELCOOKIE
/ns DELCOOKIE
Requests that NickServ cancel your authcookie or resetpass cookie.
(Since set-email cookies and registration cookies send email to unverified addresses, to prevent mail flooding, they cannot be cancelled.)
See Also: authcookie, resetpass, cookie

DELMASK
/ns DELMASK <user@host>
Removes a hostmask from the account you are authenticated on.
An account must have at least one hostmask; you cannot remove the last mask for an account.
See Also: addmask

EMAIL POLICY
The Xtris Network will endeavour to treat your e-mail address with absolute privacy, confidentiality and respect.
It is only visible to you and network staff, and shall remain that way unless required under jurisdiction of law.
Under no circumstances will it be passed to any third party.

GHOST
/ns GHOST <nick>
This disconnects an old client that is authed to your account. This is not the same thing as nick ownership; the user must be authenticated to the same account you are.
See Also: auth

NICKINFO
/ns NICKINFO <nick>
Displays information on the nick specified.
See Also: accountinfo, userinfo

PASS
/ns PASS <oldpass> <newpass>
Changes your NickServ password.
See Also: auth

RECLAIM
/ns RECLAIM <nick>
Reclaims the specified nick. You must be authenticated to the account that registered the nick.
This command will change the target user's nick to a random Guest****.

REGISTER
/ns REGISTER <account> <password> <email>
Registers a specified account with NickServ, adding your current user@host to your new account. You must use the same password with auth to authenticate to your account.
An email will be sent to the email address you give containing a cookie that will let you activate your account. Once you have that cookie, you must use the cookie command to be able to use your account.
See Also: auth, unregister

REGNICK
/ns REGNICK
Registers your current nick to the account you are authenticated to.
See Also: register, unregister, unregnick

RESETPASS
/ns RESETPASS <account> <newpassword>
Requests that NickServ send you email with a cookie that will change your password (in case you have forgotten it). Once you receive the cookie in email, use the cookie command to actually change your password.
Your password will not be changed, and you will not be able to use it to log in, until you confirm the change using the cookie command.
See Also: cookie, delcookie

SET
/ns SET [<setting> [value]]
Changes your account settings. Settings are:
COLOR: If set, NickServ and ChanServ will use bold and underlines in text they send you.
EMAIL: Sets (or changes) your email address.
INFO: Your infoline for NickServ (which can be viewed with the accountinfo command).
LANGUAGE: Your preferred language for private messages from the services.
PRIVMSG: If set, NickServ and ChanServ will send text to you using PRIVMSGs rather than NOTICEs.
STYLE: The style you want Services to use for channel userlists it sends you. STYLE can be either Def (default) or Zoot.
TABLEWIDTH: Sets the width for wrapping table-formatted text. (Use 0 for the default.)
WIDTH: The width you want Services to wrap text it sends you. (Use 0 for the default.)
MAXLOGINS: The number of users that can log into your account at once. (Use 0 for the default.)
set with no arguments returns your current settings.
See Also: accountinfo, nickinfo, userinfo

STATUS
Displays information about the status of NickServ, including the total number of accounts and nicks that are registered in its database, and how many nicks are registered to your account (if you are authenticated to one).

UNREGISTER
/ns UNREGISTER <password>
Un-registers the account you are authenticated with, and any nicks that have been registered to that account.
See Also: register, regnick, unregnick

UNREGNICK
/ns UNREGNICK [nick]
Un-registers a nick that was previously registered to your account. If you do not specify a nick, your current nick will be un-registered.
See Also: register, regnick, unregister

USERINFO
/ns USERINFO <nick>
Shows what account the nick specified is authenticated to.
See Also: auth, accountinfo

VACATION
/ns VACATION
Marks your account as "on vacation" until the next time you authenticate to NickServ.
While you are "on vacation", your account will not be deleted for inactivity.

ACCOUNT FLAGS
The following flags on accounts are defined:
S OpServ access suspended
p Use PRIVMSG for messages rather than NOTICE
h User is a support helper (must be in support channel to override security)
H User is a network helper (can toggle security override)
g God mode (security override for IRC staff)
s Account suspended
c Use mIRC color codes in responses
f Account frozen/on vacation (will not be unregistered for inactivity; cleared when account is authenticated against)
n No-delete (will never be unregistered for inactivity)
See Also: accountinfo, set

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