ChanServ allows you to register and control various aspects of channels. ChanServ can often prevent malicious users from "taking over" channels by limiting who is allowed channel operator privileges.

Note that any channel which is not used for 14 days (i.e. which no user on the channel's access list enters for that period of time) will be automatically dropped.

To use a ChanServ command, type /cs command.

Default Channel Access Levels

CHANNEL ACCESS LEVELS (DEFAULT)

ACCESS

DESCRIPTION

Founder
100
50
40
30
0
-1
-100

Full access to ChanServ; automatic opping upon entering channel. Only one person has founder status, unless they share the channel password.
Access to AKICK command; automatic opping.
Automatic Opping. May kick other ops and users below them in the access list.
Automatic Half Opping. May kick users below them in the access list.
Automatic voicing.
No special privileges; can be opped by other ops (unless SECUREOPS is set).
May not be opped.
May not join the channel.

Commands by Access Level

Founder (~) Level Commands

Note If your access level is above a SOP (100+) but you are not a founder, you may still have access to some of these commands

SET

Allows the channel founder to set various channel options (registered channels).

SET	Command	Description
FOUNDER	/cs SET #channel founder <nick>	Sets <nick> as founder for the channel
PASSWORD	/cs SET #channel password <newpass>	Changes the existing FOUNDER password to the channel
DESC	/cs SET #channel desc <description>	Changes the Channel Description in /cs info #channel
TOPICLOCK	/cs SET #channel topiclock on/off	Enables the topic to be changed (or not)
MLOCK	/cs SET #channel mlock <mode>	Ensures a channel mode is locked, so if no user is present the mode is retained
PRIVATE	/cs SET #channel private on/off	Hides a channel from the /list command
RESTRICTED	/cs SET #channel restricted on/off	Makes it so that only identified people on the access list are able to gain entry into the channel
SECURE	/cs SET #channel secure on/off	Makes it so that only identified users will be given privileges on the channel as controlled by the access list (opping, etc).
SECUREOPS	/cs SET #channel secureops on/off	When secure ops is set, users who are not on the access list will not be allowed chanop status.
LEAVEOPS	/cs SET #channel leaveops on/off	When leave ops is set, CS will leave server ops (+o for the first person in the channel) in place even if the user would not normally get auto-opped.
OPNOTICE	/cs SET #channel opnotice on/off	When op-notice is set, CS will send a notice to the channel whenever the OP, VOICE, or related commands are used for a user in the channel.
ENFORCE	/cs SET #channel enforce on/off	If enforce is on, CS will not allow an AOP user to be de-opped etc.
URL	/cs SET #channel url <url>	Sets the URL for a channel.
EMAIL	/cs SET #channel email <email>	Sets an email for a channel.
ENTRYMSG	/cs SET #channel entrymsg <msg>	Sets the entry message for a channel.

UNSET

Clears the given setting for a channel

Syntax /cs UNSET #channel {SUCCESSOR | URL | EMAIL | ENTRYMSG}

SOP (&) Level Commands

AKICK COMMANDS

Used to maintain the channel's autokick list.

AKICK	Command	Description
ADD	/cs akick #channel add mask [reason]	The AKICK ADD command adds the given user@host or nick!user@host mask to the autokick list. If a reason is given with the command, that reason will be used when the user is kicked; if not, the default reason is "You have been banned from the channel".
DEL	/cs AKICK #channel del <mask>	The AKICK DEL command removes the given mask from the autokick list. It does not, however, remove any bans placed by an autokick; those must be removed manually.
LIST/VIEW	/cs AKICK #channel list/view <mask/list>	AKICK LIST command displays the autokick list, or optionally only those autokick entries which match the given. AKICK VIEW is similar, but shows more details.
ENFORCE	/cs AKICK #channel enforce	ChanServ will enforce the current autokick list by removing those users who match an autokick mask.
COUNT	/cs AKICK #channel count	The AKICK COUNT command returns how many entries there are on the autokick list.

AOP (@) Level Commands

HOP (%) Level Commands

VOP (+) Level Commands

CHANGING A CHANNEL'S ACCESS LIST

access

The access list specifies which users are allowed chanop status or access to ChanServ commands on the channel. Different user levels allow for access to different subsets of privileges; /msg ChanServ HELP ACCESS LEVELS for more specific information. Any nickname not on the access list has a user level of 0.

The ACCESS ADD command adds the given nickname to the access list with the given user level; if the nick is already present on the list, its access level is changed to the level specified in the command. The level specified must be less than that of the user giving the command.

   Syntax:
   ACCESS #channel ADD nickname level
   ACCESS #channel DEL {nickname | entry-num | list}
   ACCESS #channel LIST [mask | list]
   ACCESS #channel COUNT

sop

Used to maintain the channel's SOP(&) list. Users with SOP status are automatically opped (set mode +o) and protected (mode +a) when they join the channel if they have identified with NickServ.

A SOP can modify the AOP, HOP and VOP lists. Only a channel's founder can modify the SOP list.

    Syntax:
    SOP #channel ADD/DEL nickname
    SOP #channel LIST [mask | list]
    SOP #channel COUNT

aop

Used to maintain the channel's AOP(@) list. If someone is on a channel's AOP list, they will automatically gain a @ when joining the channel if they have identified with NickServ.

    Syntax:
    AOP #channel ADD nickname
    AOP #channel DEL nickname
    AOP #channel LIST [mask | list]
    AOP #channel COUNT

hop

Used to maintain the channel's HOP(%) list. If someone is on a channel's HOP list, they will automatically gain a % when joining the channel if they have identified with NickServ.

    Syntax:
    HOP #channel ADD nickname
    HOP #channel DEL nickname
    HOP #channel LIST [mask | list]
    HOP #channel COUNT

vop

Used to maintain the channel's VOP(+) list. If someone is on a channel's VOP list, they will automatically gain a + when joining the channel if they have identified with NickServ.

    Syntax:
    VOP #channel ADD nickname
    VOP #channel DEL nickname
    VOP #channel LIST [mask | list]
    VOP #channel COUNT

CHANGING A CHANNEL OP LIST (TEMPORARY)

Used to confer or take away ops from a user in the channel. However, this does not affect the access list.

protect

Gives channel protection to a selected nickname.

  Syntax: PROTECT channel [nickname]

deprotect

Removes channel protection from a selected nickname.

  Syntax: DEPROTECT channel [nickname]

op

Ops a selected nickname on a channel

  Syntax: OP channel [nickname]

deop

Removes operator status from a selected nickname.

  Syntax: DEOP channel [nickname]

halfop

Gives halfop access to a selected nickname on a channel.

  Syntax: HALFOP channel [nickname]

dehalfop

Removes half op access from a selected nickname on a channel.

  Syntax: DEHALFOP channel [nickname]

voice

Voices a selected nickname on a channel

  Syntax: VOICE channel [nickname]

devoice

Devoices a selected nickname on a channel using ChanServ.

  Syntax: DEVOICE channel [nickname]

CLEAR

Used to clear certain settings on a channel.

DROP

Deregisters a channel.

IDENTIFY

Authenticates you as the founder of the channel.

INFO

Lists information about a registered channel.

INVITE

Tells ChanServ to invite you into the given channel

KICK

Kicks the given nickname from the given channel

LEVELS

Lets you define the access level required for most of ChanServ's functions

LIST

Lists all registered channels matching the given pattern

REGISTER

Registers a channel

STATUS

Returns the current access level of the given nickname on the given channel

TOPIC

Sets the channel topic through ChanServ

UNBAN

Removes all bans preventing you from entering the given channel

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