diff --git a/echoircd.conf.example b/echoircd.conf.example
index c0a5ca2..73a5a98 100644
--- a/echoircd.conf.example
+++ b/echoircd.conf.example
@@ -89,8 +89,16 @@ oper {
# "is a
") built from reusable capability classes; five ship built in:
# helpop, globop, admin, servadmin, netadmin. Running a command your type doesn't
# grant is refused; its modes/snomasks/vhost are applied on oper-up.
-# class { name "helpdesk"; commands "CHECK"; snomasks "c"; } # privs "..."
-# opertype { name "helpdesk"; classes "helpdesk"; modes "+ih"; title "Help_Desk"; level 15; }
+#
+# A class also grants privileges — named permissions checked at sensitive points.
+# "privs=*" grants all. Standard privileges:
+# users/auspex see a user's real host+IP and geo (WHOIS/WHO + the connect
+# notice), and see +i users who share no channel with you
+# channels/auspex see secret/private (+s/+p) channels in LIST/WHO/WHOIS
+# Only netadmin holds all privileges by default; grant the built-in "auspex" class to
+# any other type that should see through privacy.
+# class { name "helpdesk"; commands "CHECK"; snomasks "c"; privs "users/auspex"; }
+# opertype { name "helpdesk"; classes "helpdesk auspex"; modes "+ih"; title "Help_Desk"; level 15; }
# ═══ server-to-server linking ════════════════════════════════════════════════
@@ -456,11 +464,6 @@ logging {
# log_json "/var/log/echoircd/events.jsonl";
# --- snoop_stderr: also echo the server-notice stream to stderr ---
# snoop_stderr yes;
- # --- snoop_sensitive_opertype: which oper type(s) may see the sensitive fields
- # of the "Client connecting" notice (the raw IP and the geo/ASN). Other opers
- # get a "🔒 restricted" redaction; the server log always keeps the full line.
- # Repeatable; default netadmin. Use "*" to let every +c oper see them. ---
- # snoop_sensitive_opertype netadmin;
# --- metrics: OpenMetrics/Prometheus scrape endpoint (plaintext HTTP GET);
# bind privately or behind a proxy. ---
# metrics_bind "127.0.0.1:9109";
diff --git a/src/coremods/core_extra.rs b/src/coremods/core_extra.rs
index 00472e1..d07b39e 100644
--- a/src/coremods/core_extra.rs
+++ b/src/coremods/core_extra.rs
@@ -99,11 +99,12 @@ impl Command for List {
}
fn handle(&self, s: &mut Server, uid: Uid, _params: &[String]) -> CmdResult {
s.numeric(uid, RPL_LISTSTART, "Channel :Users Name");
+ let auspex = crate::modules::opertypes::has_priv(s, uid, "channels/auspex");
let keys: Vec = s.channels.keys().cloned().collect();
for key in keys {
let ch = &s.channels[&key];
- // hide secret / private channels from non-members
- if (ch.modes.secret || ch.modes.private) && !ch.members.contains_key(&uid) {
+ // hide secret / private channels from non-members (channels/auspex sees them)
+ if (ch.modes.secret || ch.modes.private) && !ch.members.contains_key(&uid) && !auspex {
continue;
}
let count = ch.members.len() + ch.rmembers.len();
diff --git a/src/coremods/core_info.rs b/src/coremods/core_info.rs
index 91d347e..baaeaff 100644
--- a/src/coremods/core_info.rs
+++ b/src/coremods/core_info.rs
@@ -176,6 +176,9 @@ impl Command for Whois {
return CmdResult::Fail;
};
let asker_oper = s.is_oper(uid);
+ // auspex: see through user privacy (real host+IP, geo) / channel privacy (secret chans)
+ let asker_auspex_u = crate::modules::opertypes::has_priv(s, uid, "users/auspex");
+ let asker_auspex_c = crate::modules::opertypes::has_priv(s, uid, "channels/auspex");
let is_self = tuid == uid;
// hidewhois: hide sensitive lines from ordinary users (opers/self exempt per config)
let hide = crate::modules::hidewhois::hide(s, uid, tuid, asker_oper);
@@ -254,7 +257,7 @@ impl Command for Whois {
// a +s/+p channel is shown only to the target itself, an oper, or a
// fellow member — never leaked to an outside asker.
is_self
- || asker_oper
+ || asker_auspex_c
|| (!c.modes.secret && !c.modes.private)
|| c.members.contains_key(&uid)
})
@@ -356,13 +359,15 @@ impl Command for Whois {
if let Some(line) = crate::modules::whoisport::line(s, tuid) {
s.numeric(uid, RPL_WHOISSPECIAL, &format!(":{line}"));
}
- // geoip: the country the user connects from — opers only
+ }
+ // geoip: where the user connects from — needs users/auspex (like the real host/ip)
+ if asker_auspex_u {
if let Some(line) = crate::modules::geoip::whois_line(s, tuid) {
s.numeric(uid, RPL_WHOISSPECIAL, &format!(":{line}"));
}
}
- // opers can see through the cloak to the real host/ip
- if asker_oper && disp != realhost {
+ // users/auspex: see through the cloak to the real host/ip
+ if asker_auspex_u && disp != realhost {
s.numeric(
uid,
RPL_WHOISHOST,
@@ -466,6 +471,10 @@ impl Command for Who {
(fields.to_string(), qtype.to_string())
});
let asker_oper = s.is_oper(uid);
+ // auspex: reveal secret/private channel members (channels/auspex) and +i users
+ // who share no channel with the asker (users/auspex)
+ let asker_auspex_u = crate::modules::opertypes::has_priv(s, uid, "users/auspex");
+ let asker_auspex_c = crate::modules::opertypes::has_priv(s, uid, "channels/auspex");
let multi = s
.users
.get(&uid)
@@ -480,7 +489,7 @@ impl Command for Who {
Some(ch)
if (ch.modes.secret || ch.modes.private)
&& !ch.members.contains_key(&uid)
- && !asker_oper =>
+ && !asker_auspex_c =>
{
Vec::new()
}
@@ -517,7 +526,7 @@ impl Command for Who {
// with them (self and opers always see them).
let hidden = s.users.get(&tuid).map(|u| u.flags.invisible).unwrap_or(false)
&& tuid != uid
- && !asker_oper
+ && !asker_auspex_u
&& !s
.channels
.values()
diff --git a/src/modules/opertypes.rs b/src/modules/opertypes.rs
index 52297f5..b691f58 100644
--- a/src/modules/opertypes.rs
+++ b/src/modules/opertypes.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ use crate::Uid;
/// Per-user resolved grant, stored on `User.ext` at oper-up. Present ⇒ a typed
/// oper; absent ⇒ a legacy oper with full access. Read by WHOIS for the title.
pub struct OperType {
- pub type_id: String, // the resolved type id (e.g. "netadmin"), lower-cased
pub title: String,
pub color: Option, // mIRC colour for the WHOIS title line (None = plain)
pub all_commands: bool,
@@ -95,13 +94,22 @@ pub fn whois_line(s: &Server, uid: Uid) -> Option {
})
}
-/// Whether `u` may see operator-only sensitive fields, given the allowed type ids
-/// (case-insensitive). Untyped opers — legacy `oper` blocks with no `type=`, which
-/// carry unrestricted access — are always allowed. Used by the connect-notice redaction.
-pub fn user_type_allowed(u: &crate::users::User, allowed: &[String]) -> bool {
+/// Whether operator `uid` holds privilege `name` (e.g. `users/auspex`).
+/// A typed oper holds it if its type has `privs=*` or lists the privilege; an untyped
+/// legacy oper (an `oper` block with no `type=`) holds every privilege; a non-oper holds
+/// none. This is the check every privilege gate calls.
+pub fn has_priv(s: &Server, uid: Uid, name: &str) -> bool {
+ s.users.get(&uid).is_some_and(|u| user_has_priv(u, name))
+}
+
+/// [`has_priv`] against an already-borrowed `&User`, for use inside a user iteration.
+pub fn user_has_priv(u: &crate::users::User, name: &str) -> bool {
+ if !u.flags.oper {
+ return false;
+ }
match u.ext.get::() {
- None => true,
- Some(t) => allowed.iter().any(|a| a.eq_ignore_ascii_case(&t.type_id)),
+ None => true, // legacy oper (no type) — unrestricted
+ Some(t) => t.all_privs || t.privs.contains(name),
}
}
@@ -133,7 +141,6 @@ pub fn apply(s: &mut Server, uid: Uid, type_id: Option<&str>) {
}
if let Some(u) = s.users.get_mut(&uid) {
u.ext.set(OperType {
- type_id: id.clone(),
title: r.title.clone(),
color: r.color,
all_commands: r.all_commands,
@@ -244,6 +251,8 @@ fn builtin() -> (HashMap, HashMap) {
classes.insert("host".into(), cdef(&["CHGHOST", "CHGIDENT", "CHGNAME", "SETHOST", "SETIDENT", "SETIDLE", "SWHOIS"], &[], ""));
classes.insert("services".into(), cdef(&["SVSNICK", "SVSJOIN", "SVSPART", "SVSMODE", "SVSLOGIN", "SVSLOGOUT"], &[], ""));
classes.insert("server".into(), cdef(&["CONNECT", "SQUIT", "DIE", "RESTART"], &[], "lr"));
+ // auspex: see through user/channel privacy (real host+IP, geo, secret channels)
+ classes.insert("auspex".into(), cdef(&[], &["users/auspex", "channels/auspex"], ""));
let mut types: HashMap = HashMap::default();
// The WHOIS title line is bold + colour 4 (red) by default; override per type
@@ -463,6 +472,32 @@ mod tests {
assert!(netadmin.all_commands, "netadmin gets everything");
}
+ #[test]
+ fn only_all_privs_types_hold_auspex_by_default() {
+ // the resolved priv set is what user_has_priv checks: all_privs || privs.contains.
+ let has = |r: &Resolved, p: &str| r.all_privs || r.privs.contains(p);
+
+ // netadmin holds every class ⇒ every privilege, incl. the auspex pair
+ let netadmin = resolved("netadmin");
+ assert!(netadmin.all_privs, "netadmin holds every privilege");
+ assert!(has(&netadmin, "users/auspex") && has(&netadmin, "channels/auspex"));
+
+ // no lower built-in type sees through privacy until granted the auspex class
+ for id in ["helpop", "globop", "admin", "servadmin"] {
+ let r = resolved(id);
+ assert!(!has(&r, "users/auspex"), "{id} must not hold users/auspex by default");
+ assert!(!has(&r, "channels/auspex"), "{id} must not hold channels/auspex by default");
+ }
+
+ // the auspex class exists so an admin can opt a type in
+ let (classes, _) = builtin();
+ let aux = classes.get("auspex").expect("auspex class");
+ assert!(
+ aux.privs.contains(&"users/auspex".to_string())
+ && aux.privs.contains(&"channels/auspex".to_string())
+ );
+ }
+
#[test]
fn gated_covers_the_dangerous_commands_only() {
assert!(gated("kill") && gated("DIE") && gated("svsnick") && gated("CONNECT"));
diff --git a/src/modules/snoop.rs b/src/modules/snoop.rs
index 173a241..ec32938 100644
--- a/src/modules/snoop.rs
+++ b/src/modules/snoop.rs
@@ -47,12 +47,11 @@ impl Module for Snoop {
if srv.conf_bool("snoop_stderr", false) {
eprintln!("[snoop] connect {nick} ({ident}@{shown_host})");
}
- // The notice is rendered per-viewer. The sensitive fields — the raw IP and the
- // geo/ASN — are shown only to opers whose type may see them (default netadmin,
- // config `snoop_sensitive_opertype`; `*` = everyone); lower opers get a redaction.
- // The rest (cloak hostmask, port, transport, security, sni, account) is identical
- // for all, and the server log always keeps the full detail. Prose + field labels
- // come from the locale catalog so a translated build reads naturally.
+ // The notice is rendered per-viewer: the sensitive fields — the raw IP and the
+ // geo/ASN — go only to opers holding the users/auspex privilege; lower opers get a
+ // redaction. The rest (cloak hostmask, port, transport, security, sni, account) is
+ // identical for all, and the server log always keeps the full detail. Prose + field
+ // labels come from the locale catalog so a translated build reads naturally.
let (fam, ip_s) = match ip {
std::net::IpAddr::V4(v4) => ("ipv4", v4.to_string()),
std::net::IpAddr::V6(v6) => match v6.to_ipv4_mapped() {
@@ -98,20 +97,9 @@ impl Module for Snoop {
}
let full = format!("{head}{ip_full}{port_seg}{trans}{geo_full}{tail}");
let redacted = format!("{head}{ip_red}{port_seg}{trans}{geo_red}{tail}");
- // who may see the sensitive fields: the configured oper types, default netadmin.
- let configured = srv.conf_all("snoop_sensitive_opertype");
- let allow: Vec = if configured.is_empty() {
- vec!["netadmin".to_string()]
- } else {
- configured.to_vec()
- };
- if allow.iter().any(|a| a == "*") {
- srv.snotice_c('c', &full); // redaction disabled — every +c oper sees the full line
- } else {
- srv.snotice_c_gated('c', &full, &redacted, |u| {
- crate::modules::opertypes::user_type_allowed(u, &allow)
- });
- }
+ srv.snotice_c_gated('c', &full, &redacted, |u| {
+ crate::modules::opertypes::user_has_priv(u, "users/auspex")
+ });
}
fn on_join(&mut self, srv: &mut Server, uid: Uid, chan: &str) {
if srv.conf_bool("snoop_stderr", false) {