The "permchannels" Module (v4)

Description

This module adds channel mode P (permanent) which prevents the channel from being deleted when the last user leaves.

Configuration

To load this module use the following <module> tag:

<module name="permchannels">

<permchanneldb>

The <permchanneldb> tag defines settings about how the permchannels module should behave. This tag can only be defined once.

Name	Type	Default Value	Description
filename	Text	None	If defined then the location to write a permchannels configuration file to.
listmodes	Boolean	No	Whether to save list modes to the permchannels configuration file.
operonly	Boolean	Yes	Whether channel mode P (permanent) can only be set by server operators. Changing this is not recommended.
saveperiod	Duration	5s	The time period between attempts to check whether the permchannel database needs to be written.
backoff	Number	0	The value to multiply the saveperiod by every time a save fails. When the save succeeds the period will be reset.
maxbackoff	Duration	0s	The maximum write period that should be allowed even if incremental backoff is enabled.
writeversion	Number	2	The version of the permchannel database format to write.

The format field should be set to one of the following values:

Value	Description
1	Write a database compatible with v2 or newer.
2	Write a database compatible with v4 or newer. This preserves the setter and set time of list modes by moving list modes to their own field.

Example Usage

<permchanneldb filename="permchannels.conf"
               listmodes="yes"
               operonly="yes"
               saveperiod="5s"
               backoff="2"
               maxbackoff="5m"
               writeversion="2">

<permchannels>

The <permchannels> tag defines a permanent channel. This tag can be defined as many times as required.

Name	Type	Default Value	Description
channel	Text	None	Required! The name of the channel.
modes	Text	None	If defined then the modes set on the channel.
topic	Text	None	If defined then the topic of the channel.
topicsetby	Text	The server name	The nickname of the user who set the channel topic.
topicts	Number	The current UNIX time	The UNIX time at which the channel topic was set.
ts	Number	The current UNIX time	The UNIX time at which the channel was created.

Example Usage

<permchannels channel="#example"
              modes="+bnt *!*@example.com"
              topic="Welcome to the Example channel!"
              topicsetby="Sadie"
              topicts="956188800"
              ts="726192000">

Channel Modes

Name	Character	Type	Parameter Syntax	Usable By	Description
permanent	P	Switch	None	Server operators	Prevents the channel from being deleted when the last user leaves.

Special Notes

You should remember to <include> the file specified in <permchannels:filename> in your server configuration.

It is recommended that you set channel mode +P (permanent) on channels and let InspIRCd write a configuration file rather than manually defining permanent channels in your server configuration.