Server Commands/ACCOUNT

Revision as of 19:25, 12 September 2008

Command Token: AC

<prefix> AC <target> <flag> <account> [<timestamp>]

For LOC:

<prefix> AC <target> <flag> .<fd>.<cookie> <username> :<passphrase>

The ACCOUNT command implements a login system for ircd-darenet. When received by the user's server, the user--specified by <target>, the user's numeric nick--is considered logged in to the <account>. The optional <timestamp> parameter specifies a timestamp that can be used to determine which version of the user's account the user is logged in to; this can be used by service bots as a way of distinguishing hacked accounts from legitimate user logins after a password change--which would raise the timestamp.

The account is only used by ircd-darenet for pre-logging in users while they're connecting, for umode +R and cmodes +R/M, host hiding and for application of channel bans and silence masks. ircd-darenet also propagates the account name (and timestamp, if set) when re-introducing users during net junctions, so that service bots can see that the user is logged in and set their appropriate internal state. ircd-darenet does not otherwise use account information or timestamps.

ACCOUNT is intended to be issued by service bots on the network. Login-on-connect systems based on IAuth cause the server to introduce the client as logged in, just as during net junctions.