James Lu 83d301c604 NickAuth: refer to "services accounts" instead of "nicks" in help
On modern networks, account names are usually separated from your current nick,
so the idea of registering "nicks" is confusing. For instance, you can be using
a grouped nick that is not your main account name, and WHOIS will only ever
show your main account name.

Also, the bot username is optional in the `add` and `remove` commands - update
the docs to reflect that.
2025-04-20 08:03:19 +02:00
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2012-11-03 23:06:57 +01:00
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.. _plugin-NickAuth:

Documentation for the NickAuth plugin for Supybot
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Purpose
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Support authentication based on nicks and network services.

Usage
-----

This plugin allows users to use their network services account to
authenticate to the bot.

They first have to use ``@nickauth nick add <the nick>`` while being
identified to the bot and then use ``@auth`` when they want to
identify to the bot.

.. _commands-NickAuth:

Commands
--------

.. _command-nickauth-auth:

``auth takes no argument``
  Tries to authenticate you using network services. If you get no reply, it means you are not authenticated to the network services.

.. _command-nickauth-nick.add:

``nick add [<network>] <user> <nick>``
  Add <nick> to the list of nicks owned by the <user> on the <network>. You have to register this nick to the network services to be authenticated. <network> defaults to the current network.

.. _command-nickauth-nick.list:

``nick list [<network>] [<user>]``
  Lists nicks of the <user> on the network. <network> defaults to the current network.

.. _command-nickauth-nick.remove:

``nick remove [<network>] <user> <nick>``
  Remove <nick> from the list of nicks owned by the <user> on the <network>. <network> defaults to the current network.

.. _conf-NickAuth:

Configuration
-------------

.. _conf-supybot.plugins.NickAuth.public:


supybot.plugins.NickAuth.public
  This config variable defaults to "True", is not network-specific, and is not channel-specific.

  Determines whether this plugin is publicly visible.