1man(1) Profanity XMPP client man(1)
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6 /account
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10 Commands for creating and managing accounts. Calling with no arguments
11 will display information for the current account.
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15 /account
16 /account list
19 /account show <account>
22 /account enable|disable <account>
25 /account default set <account>
28 /account default off
31 /account add <account>
34 /account remove <account>
37 /account rename <account> <newaccount>
40 /account set <account> jid <jid>
43 /account set <account> server <server>
46 /account set <account> port <port>
49 /account set <account> status <presence>
52 /account set <account> status last
55 /account set <account> <presence> <priority>
58 /account set <account> resource <resource>
61 /account set <account> password <password>
64 /account set <account> eval_password <command>
67 /account set <account> muc <service>
70 /account set <account> nick <nick>
73 /account set <account> otr <policy>
76 /account set <account> pgpkeyid <pgpkeyid>
79 /account set <account> startscript <script>
82 /account set <account> clientid "<name> <version>"
85 /account set <account> tls force|allow|trust|legacy|disable
88 /account set <account> auth default|legacy
91 /account set <account> theme <theme>
94 /account set <account> session_alarm <max_sessions>
97 /account clear <account> password
100 /account clear <account> eval_password
103 /account clear <account> server
106 /account clear <account> port
109 /account clear <account> otr
112 /account clear <account> pgpkeyid
115 /account clear <account> startscript
118 /account clear <account> clientid
121 /account clear <account> muc
124 /account clear <account> resource
127 /account clear <account> session_alarm
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133 list
134 List all accounts.
135 enable <account>
137 Enable the account, it will be used for autocompletion.
138 show <account>
140 Show details for the specified account.
141 disable <account>
143 Disable the account.
144 default set <account>
146 Set the default account, used when no argument passed to the /con‐
147 nect command.
148 default off
150 Clear the default account setting.
151 add <account>
153 Create a new account.
154 remove <account>
156 Remove an account.
157 rename <account> <newaccount>
159 Rename 'account' to 'newaccount'.
160 set <account> jid <jid>
162 Set the Jabber ID for the account, account name will be used if not
163 set.
164 set <account> server <server>
166 The chat server, if different to the domainpart of the JID.
167 set <account> port <port>
169 The port used for connecting if not the default (5222, or 5223 for
170 SSL).
171 set <account> status <presence>
173 The presence status to use on login.
174 set <account> status last
176 Use your last status before logging out, when logging in.
177 set <account> <presence> <priority>
179 Set the priority (-128..127) to use for the specified presence.
180 set <account> resource <resource>
182 The resource to be used for this account, defaults to 'profanity'.
183 set <account> password <password>
185 Password for the account, note this is currently stored in plain‐
186 text if set.
187 set <account> eval_password <command>
189 Shell command evaluated to retrieve password for the account. Can
190 be used to retrieve password from keyring.
191 set <account> muc <service>
193 The default MUC chat service to use, defaults to the servers disco
194 info response.
195 set <account> nick <nick>
197 The default nickname to use when joining chat rooms.
198 set <account> otr <policy>
200 Override global OTR policy for this account, see /otr.
201 set <account> pgpkeyid <pgpkeyid>
203 Set the ID of the PGP key for this account, see /pgp.
204 set <account> startscript <script>
206 Set the script to execute after connecting.
207 set <account> clientid "<name> <version>"
209 Set XMPP client name for discovery according to XEP-0092. For pri‐
210 vacy geeks. Recommendation to leave as is.
211 set <account> tls force
213 Force TLS connection, and fail if one cannot be established, this
214 is default behaviour.
215 set <account> tls allow
217 Use TLS for the connection if it is available.
218 set <account> tls trust
220 Force TLS connection and trust server's certificate.
221 set <account> tls legacy
223 Use legacy TLS for the connection. It means server doesn't support
224 STARTTLS and TLS is forced just after TCP connection is estab‐
225 lished.
226 set <account> tls disable
228 Disable TLS for the connection.
229 set <account> auth default
231 Use default authentication process.
232 set <account> auth legacy
234 Allow legacy authentication.
235 set <account> theme <theme>
237 Set the UI theme for the account.
238 set <account> session_alarm <max_sessions>
240 Alarm about suspicious activity if sessions count exceeds max_ses‐
241 sions.
242 clear <account> server
244 Remove the server setting for this account.
245 clear <account> port
247 Remove the port setting for this account.
248 clear <account> password
250 Remove the password setting for this account.
251 clear <account> eval_password
253 Remove the eval_password setting for this account.
254 clear <account> otr
256 Remove the OTR policy setting for this account.
257 clear <account> pgpkeyid
259 Remove pgpkeyid associated with this account.
260 clear <account> startscript
262 Remove startscript associated with this account.
263 clear <account> clientid
265 Reset client's name to default.
266 clear <account> theme
268 Clear the theme setting for the account, the global theme will be
269 used.
270 clear <account> resource
272 Remove the resource setting for this account.
273 clear <account> muc
275 Remove the default MUC service setting.
276 clear <account> session_alarm
278 Disable the session alarm.
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282 /account add me
283 /account set me jid ulfhednar@valhalla.edda
286 /account set me server talk.chat.com
289 /account set me port 5111
292 /account set me muc chatservice.mycompany.com
295 /account set me nick dennis
298 /account set me status dnd
301 /account set me dnd -1
304 /account set me clientid "Profanity 0.42 (Dev)"
307 /account rename me chattyme
310 /account clear me pgpkeyid
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