Hi list, I'm new to the topic of IRC (as an admin), and am in the following situation: I would like to set up an IRC server, with the following features: - four permanent groups, two of those should be password protected - assign a password for connection to the server - use SSL as a connection possibility - user administration: make certain users (identified by a password) channel operators on "their" channels I know about stunnel, but would prefer a "native" solution. If this is not possible at the moment, stunnel would work. I already assigned a password to the server for connection, and so far this works as well. What doesn't seem to work (or I am too blind to find it in the docs) is how to make a permanent channel password protected and how to "administer" the operators insofar as when they log in, they automatically get +o set on their channel. If a user doesn't provide a password (to become operator), he should not be denied access, but simply not be able to get op status or open new channels. If possible, I would like to avoid a channel bot. Is there a way for ngIRCd to have these features? Thanks, Stephan