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How do I a private channel?

Asked by DeepSilence

When trying to create a new chat I am asked to provide a channel for that chat, I have used #ubuntu but this has enourmous amount of users on it, I would like to connect to a private channel to communicate with my family members abroad. How do I create a private channel that I can connect to?

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Best Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#1

Hello:

Do you mean creating an IRC channel (like #ubuntu) to chat with other members of your family? Cool...

Do the following steps..

Register your nickname with a password: /msg NickServ register [password]*

* = The password you give

or if already registered: /msg NickServ identify [password]

Create the channel by joining it for the first time: /join #deepsilence (for example)

Register the channel with Chanserv: /msg ChanServ Register #deepsilence [password]

Thats it.. Now that your private channel is done

Add yourself, and others as needed, to the operator access control list:

/msg ChanServ access #deepsilence add [nickname] [level]

level =30 implies founder of the channel

level = 10 implies user of the channel and so on

Good Luck!

Bhavani Shankar.

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DeepSilence (alvaneck) said : 		#2

Thanks Bhavani Shankar, that solved my question.