{"id":2768,"date":"2026-07-15T19:41:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T19:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/?p=2768"},"modified":"2026-07-15T19:41:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T19:41:17","slug":"chanserv-command-usage-introduction-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/chanserv-command-usage-introduction-2\/","title":{"rendered":"ChanServ Command &amp; Usage Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">\u00a0this command gets rid of them sooner.\n\u00a0\n\u00a0In order to use the <strong>RELEASE<\/strong> command for a nick, your\n\u00a0current address as shown in \/WHOIS must be on that nick's\n\u00a0access list, you must be identified and in the group of\n\u00a0that nick, or you must supply the correct password for\n\u00a0the nickname.\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a><\/a><strong>GHOST<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">\u00a0<em>Syntax:<\/em> \/msg NickServ  <strong>GHOST <u>nickname<\/u> [<u>password<\/u>]<\/strong>\n\u00a0\n\u00a0Terminates a \"ghost\" IRC session using your nick.  A\n\u00a0\"ghost\" session is one which is not actually connected,\n\u00a0but which the IRC server believes is still online for one\n\u00a0reason or another.  Typically, this happens if your\n\u00a0computer crashes or your Internet or modem connection\n\u00a0goes down while you're on IRC.\n\u00a0\n\u00a0In order to use the <strong>GHOST<\/strong> command for a nick, your\n\u00a0current address as shown in \/WHOIS must be on that nick's\n\u00a0access list, you must be identified and in the group of\n\u00a0that nick, or you must supply the correct password for\n\u00a0the nickname.\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a><\/a><strong>INFO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">\u00a0<em>Syntax:<\/em> \/msg NickServ  <strong>INFO <u>nickname<\/u> [ALL]<\/strong>\n\u00a0\n\u00a0Displays information about the given nickname, such as\n\u00a0the nick's owner, last seen address and time, and nick\n\u00a0options. If you are identified for the nick you're\n\u00a0getting information for and <strong>ALL<\/strong> is specified, you will\n\u00a0be shown all the information; regardless of whether\n\u00a0it's hidden or not.\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a><\/a><strong>LIST<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">\u00a0<em>Syntax:<\/em> \/msg NickServ  <strong>LIST <u>pattern<\/u><\/strong>\n\u00a0\n\u00a0Lists all registered nicknames which match the given\n\u00a0pattern, in nick!user@host format.  Nicks with the\n\u00a0<strong>PRIVATE<\/strong> option set will not be displayed.\n\u00a0\n\u00a0Examples:\n\u00a0\n\u00a0    <strong>LIST *!joeuser@foo.com<\/strong>\n\u00a0        Lists all nicks owned by joeuser@foo.com.\n\u00a0\n\u00a0    <strong>LIST *Bot*!*@*<\/strong>\n\u00a0        Lists all registered nicks with <strong>Bot<\/strong> in their\n\u00a0        names (case insensitive).\n\u00a0\n\u00a0    <strong>LIST *!*@*.bar.org<\/strong>\n\u00a0        Lists all nicks owned by users in the <strong>bar.org<\/strong>\n\u00a0        domain.\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a><\/a><strong>ALIST<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">\u00a0<em>Syntax:<\/em> \/msg NickServ  <strong>ALIST [<u>level<\/u>]<\/strong>\n\u00a0\n\u00a0Lists all channels you have access on. Optionally, you can specify\n\u00a0a level in XOP or ACCESS format. The resulting list will only\n\u00a0include channels where you have the given level of access.\n\n\u00a0Examples:\n\u00a0    <strong>ALIST Founder<\/strong>\n\u00a0        Lists all channels where you have Founder\n\u00a0        access.\n\n\u00a0    <strong>ALIST AOP<\/strong>\n\u00a0        Lists all channels where you have AOP\n\u00a0        access or greater.\n\n\u00a0    <strong>ALIST 10<\/strong>\n\u00a0        Lists all channels where you have level 10\n\u00a0        access or greater.\n\n\u00a0Channels that have the NOEXPIRE option set will be\n\u00a0prefixed by an exclamation mark.\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a><\/a><strong>GLIST<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">\u00a0<em>Syntax:<\/em> \/msg NickServ  <strong>GLIST<\/strong>\n\u00a0\n\u00a0Lists all nicks in your group.\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a><\/a><strong>STATUS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">\u00a0<em>Syntax:<\/em> \/msg NickServ  <strong>STATUS <u>nickname<\/u>...<\/strong>\n\u00a0\n\u00a0Returns whether the user using the given nickname is\n\u00a0recognized as the owner of the nickname.  The response has\n\u00a0this format:\n\u00a0\n\u00a0    nickname status-code\n\u00a0\n\u00a0where nickname is the nickname sent with the command, and\n\u00a0status-code is one of the following:\n\u00a0\n\u00a0    0 - no such user online <strong>or<\/strong> nickname not registered\n\u00a0    1 - user not recognized as nickname's owner\n\u00a0    2 - user recognized as owner via access list only\n\u00a0    3 - user recognized as owner via password identification\n\u00a0\n\u00a0Up to sixteen nicknames may be sent with each command; the\n\u00a0rest will be ignored. If no nickname is given, your status\n\u00a0will be returned.\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a><\/a><strong>SENDPASS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">\u00a0<em>Syntax:<\/em> \/msg NickServ  <strong>SENDPASS <u>nickname<\/u><\/strong>\n\u00a0\n\u00a0Send the password of the given nickname to the e-mail address\n\u00a0set in the nickname record. This command is really useful\n\u00a0to deal with lost passwords.\n\u00a0\n\u00a0May be limited to <strong>IRC operators<\/strong> on certain networks.\n\u00a0\n\u00a0<strong>This command is unavailable because encryption is enabled.<\/strong><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0this command gets rid of them sooner. \u00a0 \u00a0In order to use the RELEASE command for a nick, your \u00a0current address as shown in \/WHOIS must be on that nick&#8217;s \u00a0access list, you must be identified and in the group of \u00a0that nick, or you must supply the correct password for \u00a0the nickname. GHOST \u00a0Syntax: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1,28,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academy","category-uncategorized","category-operating-systems","category-live"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2768"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2769,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2768\/revisions\/2769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}