Re: Oper or not to Oper

[Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 16.03 13:31, Oliver Marshall wrote:
> Thanks for the info. Defining OPER_REMOTE and recompiling worked.
> 
> As a Global Op (big O) should I be able to promote users to channel ops
> without beng an op of that channel myself ? We used to use UnrealIRCD
> under windows, and we could do just that, promote users to chan ops even
> though the 'O' op wasn't in the chan. Thing is, UnrealIRC was just so
> unreliable and kept crashing.

the IRC Operator status gives you no more channel power. IRC operators are
here to maintain the network (connect/disconnect servers, maintain them in
some ways), not channels. Some ircd versions/patches add such powers, not
out version.

> I would like to be able to do that again. Should that be possible as a
> 'O' op ?
no, until you'll get such patch.
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