IRCops - Who They Are and What They Do
IRC Operators. O-lined user, Mirc Cops and whatever name you got for them.
An IRCop is a user with a lot of knowledge and privileges. They have a lot of power and also a lot of responsibility. They do not get paid -- they all donate their free time and knowledge for Us.
What can and can't an IRCop do? What they can do is a lot -- even more what they can't do.
What I guess you have all probably heard about /kill, /K-line, and /G-line
- Kill -- Is only a way to disconnect you from the network, you can reconnect immediately.
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- K-line -- Local server ban. Prevents you from connecting to that specific server. Reason can be geographical location, or possibly abuse from a user on that specific server. This is not a time-limited ban, it can stay 1 minute up to forever. This form of ban is in the specific server's config file and these bans are not enforced on any other server. Example: Undernet: UK, London will only let in people with .uk (people from United Kingdom). All other connections are K-lined.
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- G-line -- This is a harder form of k-line. This is a GLOBAL ban. This mean you cannot connect to any server on a network. This way of banning will always have a time limit and will be enforced until it expires. Also, this ban CAN be held 1 minute up to several years, although I have never seen the last example used. The most common length of a g-line ban is 5 or 14 days.
Some Facts:
- An IRCop can see you at anytime. Even when you are +i.
- An IRCop can kill you whenever they see reason to it. NOTE: They have to answer to the admin on that server but they still can do it for whatever reason.
- An IRCop can NOT see our private MSG's Notices or anything else that goes on in the channel if they are not present.
- There is no way for an IRCop to see text written in any window unless they are there in person or you send a server command.
- How to find one then? Well this is easy, just type /who 0 o (the 0 is a zero, the o is a lower-case o).
- Example:
- #Test_channel Testnick1 G*@ Testnick1@user.host.domain :2 an IRC User
- #Another_channel Testnick2 G*@ Testnick2@user.host.domain :2 giggle
- #My_channel Testnick3 H*@ Testnick3@user.host.domain :2 Testnick
- #No_channel Testnick4 H*@ Testnick4@user.host.domain :2 wouldnt you like to know
You see the G* and H* That mean H* = Here G* = Gone (away) so if you need help, always query a *H IRCop. And if you wonder, the 2 they have after each address means server hops away from you. This also works on normal users if you use the /who nickname command. :o)) If they want to be hidden, they can do it the same way we do. They can set themselves +i (invisible) and you can not see them.
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