shuo-docs/Users.md

Once you've set up your Shou server, it's time to add your first users. Open your config.js and set public to false. This will enable user login.

When you start Shout in "private" mode it will load every user found in your users/ folder. Here's some of the features users get:

• Stay online on IRC even when you log out
• Lets you chat from multiple devices simultaneously

Add user

To add a new user, run this command:

$ shout add <name>

This will create a new user in your users/ folder.

Note: By default, users are stored in the ~/.shout/users/ folder. You can change this location by using the --home <path> setting (see Usage).

Edit user

Open the user.json for the specified user:

$ shout edit <name>

Remove user

Simply run:

$ shout remove <name>

List users

This command will print a list of all your existing users:

$ shout list

User configuration

If you run shout edit <name>, the user.json file will open.

The user configuration is loaded upon server start. Here's an example of what a user.json file might look like:

{
  "user": "example",
  "password": "password",
  "log": false,
  "networks": [{
    "name": "Freenode",
    "host": "irc.freenode.net",
    "port": 6697,
    "tls": true,
    "password": "serverpw",
    "nick": "john",
    "realname": "John Doe",
    "commands": [
      "/msg NickServ identify password",
      "/msg ChanServ op #chan"
    ],
    "join": "#foo, #bar"
	}]
}