NickAuth

Purpose

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

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.

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.

nick list [<network>] [<user>]

Lists nicks of the <user> on the network. <network> defaults to the current network.

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.

Configuration

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.