InspIRCd v4 is still early in development!
If you use this branch you may experience crashes, weird behaviour, and unannounced breaking changes.
You probably want to use InspIRCd v3 instead.
The "channames" Module (v4)
Description
This module allows the server administrator to define what characters are allowed in channel names.
Configuration
To load this module use the following <module>
tag:
<module name="channames">
<channames>
The <channames>
tag defines settings about how the channames module should behave. This tag can only be defined once.
Name | Type | Default Value | Description |
---|---|---|---|
allowrange | No. Range | None | The character ranges to allow in a channel name. This overrides denyrange if they overlap. |
denyrange | No. Range | None | The character ranges to disallow in a channel name. |
Example Usage
Bans characters other than letters, numbers, #
, -
, and .
.
<channames allowrange="35,45-46"
denyrange="1-47,58-64,91-96,123-255">
Special Notes
The following characters have special meaning in the IRC protocol and will never be allowed in a channel name:
- 0x07 (bell)
- 0x20 (space)
- 0x2C (comma)