<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>
<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
</copyright>
- <license>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</license>
-
<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
+ 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
+ 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>
<list>
<item>
<p>
- Press <key>F4</key>
+ Press <key>F4</key>.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
- Choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>
+ Choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>.
</p>
</item>
</list>
</item>
<item>
<p>
- If the account is enabled, disable it by deselecting the <gui>Enable</gui>
+ 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
+ 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.
+ 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
+ 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
+ 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>