Take back control

Someone was opped by mistake

/deop sam

Then turn on OPGUARD so it cannot happen again: /cs SET #room OPGUARD ON.

An op is behaving badly

1. Take their @: /deop nick.
2. If they are on a list, remove them: /cs AOP #room DEL nick.
3. If it is serious, kick or ban them.
4. Tell the founder.

Everyone is opped and it is chaos

/cs MDEOP #room

Then give @ back one person at a time. MDEOP fails if someone in the room outranks you (for example the founder), so ask them to do it.

You lost your @ in your own room

/ns IDENTIFY yourpassword
/cs OP #room yournick

The room was taken over

If you are the founder and identified, you can always recover:

1. /ns IDENTIFY yourpassword
2. /cs OP #room yournick
3. /cs MDEOP #room to clear the others, then /cs OP #room yournick again.
4. /cs AOP #room WIPE and /cs SOP #room WIPE if the lists were changed.
5. /cs AKICK #room ADD mask for the people behind it.

If the founder's nickname itself was stolen, ask a network operator for help.

You are banned from your own room

/cs UNBAN #room yournick
/cs INVITE #room

Prevent it

• Keep few people at SOP and above.
• Turn on OPGUARD.
• Review your lists every month.
• Use a strong password for the founder nickname.

See Keep a room safe.