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NickServ's Database Structure
Due to the different and seemingly confusing datbase structure of ACKnet's NickServ, this website was created to help sort out some
of the confusion and possibly shed some light on how NickServ works. If after reading this article you still feel that you truly
dont't understand what's going on, please stop by in #OutHouse and ask a channel operator, or /msg NeatO Hey! I don't understand
how NickServ works! But please, rest assured, it's really not that bad! Go ahead and take a breather.... there we go. Now,
let's see what all the fuss is about...
Most networks may say they have services that are "unique" or "homemade" and they may be, but the basic command and database structures
are all the same. However, ACKnet's services are designed from scratch by me NeatO as well as HaAwK, the network
administrator. When the services (A & NickServ) were first designed, everything was linked to your nickname. You could set
various settings such as enforce and sendmsg options, as well as use A on different channels that you had access on, once you
were identified to NickServ as the owner of whatever nickname you were currently using. However, this became a problem as users
wanted to be able to register more than one nickname. The way that NickServ's database was structured, this was not possible.
If you wanted to register additional nicknames, they would be completely seperate of one another and you would have to re-set any
NickServ options on each nickname, as well as be re-added on channels that you had access on. This simply could not be and myself and
HaAwK spent many a *VERY* late nights trying to figure out how to combat this problem. And then, the idea of ACKnet accounts
was developed.
The idea is this: everything from nickname settings to channel access is linked to your *ACKnet account* rather than your nickname.
This way, users can have multiple nicknames but their settings would be the same, as would their channel access! Theoretically, you don't even need to have a registered nickname, as long as you have
an ACKnet account. But if you chose to register a nickname or two (limit of five), they will all be linked to your ACKnet account.
Also, your ACKnet account can be 'CoolMan' but that doesn't necessarily mean you have to have a nickname 'CoolMan', for example.
After you register your ACKnet account, you will need to activate that account via
IRC. When you do this, if the nickname you are currently using is not already registered, it will be automatically registered
and linked to your new ACKnet account for you as a courtesy. However, should you wish to register other nicknames, simply
switch to the nickname you wish to register and issue the "REGNICK" command as follows: /msg NickServ REGNICK account
account password
Here is a diagram just in case there is still some question:
ACKnet Account
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Nicknames (Limit 5) | |
Nickname settings | \
Channel Access
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As you can see, *EVERYTHING* is linked to the ACKnet account, as apposed to the nickname
itself.
Congratulations! You've made it to the end! Hopefully all of your unanswered questions have been answered and you are now ready
to register your own ACKnet account, and a nickname or two. But if you still have questions, feel free to join #OutHouse and
ask a channel operator.
--NeatO
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Use keywords to find the channels you want!
ACKnet would like to welcome our newest channel:
#NDWBA
registered by:
Creepy
ACKnet welcomes our newest reg'd account:
coremutex
registered on:
Sep 6 at 1:52 PM EDT
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