From 33d7e019d7a8c195e9dc28ce0b7d021299ac21cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shivaram Lingamneni Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2019 13:38:13 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] add manual entry for private channels --- docs/MANUAL.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/MANUAL.md b/docs/MANUAL.md index 51784fa0..f6764c56 100644 --- a/docs/MANUAL.md +++ b/docs/MANUAL.md @@ -343,6 +343,16 @@ If you're familiar with getting this output through your client (e.g. in weechat Otherwise, in the Oragono config file, you'll want to enable raw line logging by removing `-userinput -useroutput` under the `logging` section. Once you start up your server, connect, fail to oper and get disconnected, you'll see a bunch of input/output lines in Ora's log file. Remove your password from those logs and pass them our way. +## How do I make a private channel? + +More complete support for account-based private channels is [planned](https://github.com/oragono/oragono/issues/69). In the meantime, here's a workaround: + +1. Register your channel (`/msg ChanServ register #example`) +1. Set it to be invite-only (`/mode #example +i`) +1. Grant persistent half-operator status to the desired account names (`/msg ChanServ amode #example +h alice`) + +Anyone with persistent half-operator privileges or higher will be able to join without an invite. + -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------