Prevent xchat from trying to join channels until I have been authenticated

Question

I use XChat for IRC. Some of the automatic channels I want to join require that I be identified with services. I have set xchat to autologin with nickserv when i start up, but sometimes there is a delay, it will try to join certain channels (and fail), before I am authenticated. Is there some way to tell xchat to delay trying to join some channels until after I am authenticated?

Solution 1

If we're talking about freenode (this may apply to others) you can authenticate at the same time as you connect. Just set the server password as your nick's password and you'll auto-login.

You can use nick-grouping and other various cleverness to auto-ghost your old user and take it back.

http://freenode.net/faq.shtml#identify

Or you can auth connecting with any nick by using a slightly more obtuse connect string:

/connect irc.freenode.net 6667 :<username> <password>

In xchat, this means you put :<username> <password> into the server password box.

Solution 2

There is /set irc_join_delay $SECONDS. Default is 2.

Set it to 20 or any good number (determine it experimentally), and that should do the trick.

Stolen from http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3966

Solution 3

As mentioned on the freenode faq, there are two additional methods you can try. If you have a cloak on freenode, there is a script that will prevent you from joining channels until your cloak has been applied (which requires that you are identified). This method will only work if you have a cloak. The second and better method is to use SASL.

SASL is a method of identifying during your connection, before anything else happens

You can view instructions and access scripts to enable SASL here.

A script for XChat is available here in Python or Perl. To quote the README:

Copy cap_sasl_xchat.py or cap_sasl_xchat.pl to your .xchat/ directory, so that it auto-loads. Once loaded, use the /SASL command to add or remove SASL settings per network -- its help text describes the syntax.

Solution 4

put :<username> <password> in your ~/xchat2 file:

P=:nick password

after that the channels for autojoin.

set delay on 20

I changed the following line in ~/.xchat2/xchat.conf

irc_join_delay = 10

Solution 5

For X-Chat you'll want /server not /connect.

Using /connect will give this slightly confusing response; "* Permission Denied - You're not an IRC operator". This is because if X-Chat gets an unknown command it passes it through to the server.

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Comments

[ibuclaw]

That has never worked for me. I raised a bug here during the development stages of Maverick, but no word back yet. bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xchat/+bug/647633

[evgeny]

Then I would say it is impossible. Let's hope the bug is resolved soon. I might take a look at it this weekend, see what I can hack up.

[volley]

Yes, I'm talking about FreeNode, and I have set the 'NickServ' password correctly, and I get this issue. I tried removing that, and putting my password in the 'server password' field, and that didn't identify me at all.

[evgeny]

So as you can tell from the bug report, I tested it on Freenode and a few other networks. irc_join_delay seems to be functioning.

[memilanuk]

This solution works for me on Ubuntu 12.04LTS, xchat 2.8.8

[oblitum]

the :<username> <password> trick worked for me on XChat package for Ubuntu 13.04

[Utkarsh Sinha]

What's the difference between the NickServ password and server password fields?

[Oli]

There is no difference.