path: root/help/C/irc-nick-password.page

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  type="topic"
  id="irc-nick-password">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="irc-manage#manage"/>
    <link type="seealso" xref="prob-conn-name"/>
    <desc>How to set the password of a nickname.</desc>
    <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-07-26" status="draft"/>
    <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-10" status="review"/>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
      <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
    </credit>
    <copyright>
      <year>2009</year>
      <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
    </copyright>

    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
  </info>
  
  <title>Set the nickname password</title>

  <p>
    Registering a nickname is useful to preserve your identity on IRC and you will be able 
    to use always the same nickname. In some cirtumstances, some IRC channels may be 
    configured to accept only registered nickname.
  </p>

  <p>
    If you have registered your nickname with a password on a network that supports nickname 
    registration, you can use that password with <app>Empathy</app> to identify yourself as 
    the owner of the nickname.
  </p>

  <steps>
    <item>
      <p>
          From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, perform one of the following:
      </p>
      <list>
        <item>
            <p>
              Press <key>F4</key>.
            </p>
          </item>
          <item>
            <p>
              Choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>.
            </p>
        </item>
      </list>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>
        Select the IRC account from the box on the left of the dialog.
      </p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>
        If the account is enabled, disable it by deselecting the <gui>Enable</gui> 
        check-box next to the name of the account.
      </p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>
          In the <gui>Password</gui> text box, type the password you used to register 
          your nikcname.
      </p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>
          Enable the account by selecting the <gui>Enabled</gui> check-box 
          next to the name of the account. 
      </p>
    </item>
  </steps>

  <p>
    Once you are connected, you will receive a message from the nickname server that will 
    tell you of the established identification.
  </p>

  <note>
    <p>
      At the moment it is not possible to register an IRC nickname with <app>Empathy</app>, it is 
      only possible to use the password of an already registered nickname.
    </p>
  </note>

</page>