operator guide

docs/MANUAL.md

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ _Copyright © Daniel Oaks <daniel@danieloaks.net>, Shivaram Lingamneni <slingamn
 - Installing
     - Windows
     - macOS / Linux / Raspberry Pi
+    - Docker
+    - Becoming an operator
     - Productionizing
     - Upgrading
 - Features
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 For further information and a sample docker-compose file see the separate [Docker documentation](https://github.com/oragono/oragono/blob/master/distrib/docker/README.md).
 
 
+## Becoming an operator
+
+Many administrative actions on an IRC server are performed "in-band" as IRC commands sent from a client. The client in question must be an IRC operator ("oper", "ircop"). The easiest way to become an operator on your new Oragono instance is first to pick a strong, secure password, then "hash" it using the `oragono genpasswd` command (run `oragono genpasswd` from the command line, then enter your password twice), then copy the resulting hash into the `opers` section of your `ircd.yaml` file. Then you can become an operator by issuing the IRC command: `/oper admin mysecretpassword`.
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+
 ## Productionizing
 
 The recommended way to operate oragono as a service on Linux is via systemd. This provides a standard interface for starting, stopping, and rehashing (via `systemctl reload`) the service. It also captures oragono's loglines (sent to stderr in the default configuration) and writes them to the system journal.