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authorWilmer van der Gaast <wilmer@gaast.net>2010-11-24 22:32:12 +0000
committerWilmer van der Gaast <wilmer@gaast.net>2010-11-24 22:32:12 +0000
commitbedad20a945ef60dbc46e44e5fb26e3b7047490a (patch)
tree7d9bb2c9132feaaa3198a35a8293ef799b839875 /doc/user-guide/commands.xml
parent9564e55a35ebffaad644c13827ec2b795fb21154 (diff)
Some polishing/documentation for the "account add" without password hack.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/user-guide/commands.xml')
-rw-r--r--doc/user-guide/commands.xml16
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/user-guide/commands.xml b/doc/user-guide/commands.xml
index 2c3b3786..2aa30546 100644
--- a/doc/user-guide/commands.xml
+++ b/doc/user-guide/commands.xml
@@ -16,16 +16,20 @@
</description>
<bitlbee-command name="add">
- <syntax>account add &lt;protocol&gt; &lt;username&gt; &lt;password&gt;</syntax>
+ <syntax>account add &lt;protocol&gt; &lt;username&gt; [&lt;password&gt;]</syntax>
<description>
<para>
Adds an account on the given server with the specified protocol, username and password to the account list. Supported protocols right now are: Jabber, MSN, OSCAR (AIM/ICQ), Yahoo and Twitter. For more information about adding an account, see <emphasis>help account add &lt;protocol&gt;</emphasis>.
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ If you omit the password, you should use the IRC /OPER command to enter it separately. The advantage of this approach is that most IRC clients will not show OPER passwords on screen/save them in logs.
+ </para>
</description>
<bitlbee-command name="jabber">
- <syntax>account add jabber &lt;handle@server.tld&gt; &lt;password&gt;</syntax>
+ <syntax>account add jabber &lt;handle@server.tld&gt; [&lt;password&gt;]</syntax>
<description>
<para>
@@ -39,7 +43,7 @@
</bitlbee-command>
<bitlbee-command name="msn">
- <syntax>account add msn &lt;handle@server.tld&gt; &lt;password&gt;</syntax>
+ <syntax>account add msn &lt;handle@server.tld&gt; [&lt;password&gt;]</syntax>
<description>
<para>
@@ -49,7 +53,7 @@
</bitlbee-command>
<bitlbee-command name="oscar">
- <syntax>account add oscar &lt;handle&gt; &lt;password&gt;</syntax>
+ <syntax>account add oscar &lt;handle&gt; [&lt;password&gt;]</syntax>
<description>
<para>
@@ -64,7 +68,7 @@
</bitlbee-command>
<bitlbee-command name="twitter">
- <syntax>account add twitter &lt;handle&gt; &lt;password&gt;</syntax>
+ <syntax>account add twitter &lt;handle&gt; [&lt;password&gt;]</syntax>
<description>
<para>
@@ -86,7 +90,7 @@
</bitlbee-command>
<bitlbee-command name="yahoo">
- <syntax>account add yahoo &lt;handle&gt; &lt;password&gt;</syntax>
+ <syntax>account add yahoo &lt;handle&gt; [&lt;password&gt;]</syntax>
<description>
<para>