GeekShed IRC Network
Channel Management Capabilities
A channel on the network can have six different kinds of users. You might think of them as levels of permission and access. They are, in increasing amount of capabilities:
- Regular User
- Voiced, VOP or +v
- Half-Op, HOP or +h
- Op, Auto-Op, Full Op or +o
- Super-Op or Admin, SOP or +a
- Founder, or +q
Click on the links above to learn hot to set each level. Regular users and voiced users have no power over how the channel is managed. Everyone else has at least some control over who can be in the channel and general channel management.
The channel founder has the highest level of control, with the ability to remove or set any of the lower access levels. Only channel founders can set a channel successor or change the ownership of the channel, which is why we do not recommend having more than one founder for a channel. See tips on How to Choose Staff for Your Channel for more details on how to choose people to trust with your channel’s management.
The table below shows some of the channel management capabilities that are used most often:
| Capabilities | VOP | HOP | OP | SOP | Founder |
| Can speak when channel is moderated (+m) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Can change channel TOPIC | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Can change Channel Modes (*) | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Can Kick/Ban users with lower status than themselves | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Can Voice/Devoice users (+v) | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Can Half-OP/DeHalf-OP users (+h) | – | – | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Can use Botserv (/bs) commands | – | – | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Can OP/DeOP users (+o) | – | – | – | Yes | Yes |
| Can view/add/remove AKICKs | – | – | – | Yes | Yes |
| Can SuperOP/DeSuperOP users (+a) | – | – | – | – | Yes |
| Can add successor | – | – | – | – | Yes |
| Can add founders (not recommended) | – | – | – | – | Yes |
*See the Channel Modes page for details on which modes can be set by which levels. For instance, only the founder can link the channel (+l).
—posted by Tengrrl/Bunny