Add NickServ LOGIN to identify and reclaim your nick in one command

api/src/lib.rs

@@ -243,6 +243,9 @@ pub enum AuthThen {
     // NickServ IDENTIFY: `uid` logs in, `agent` (NickServ uid) sends the notices,
     // `name` is what the user typed (for lockout/note_auth), `account` is canonical.
     Identify { uid: String, agent: String, name: String, account: String },
+    // NickServ LOGIN: like Identify, but on success also reclaims `nick` — freeing
+    // any ghost holding it and moving the caller onto it.
+    Login { uid: String, agent: String, name: String, account: String, nick: String },
     // SASL: finish the exchange for `client`, sourced from `agent`. `password` is
     // whether this was a password verify (feeds the brute-force throttle) vs a
     // one-time keycard redemption (which must not touch the password lockout).

lang/de.json

@@ -1366,5 +1366,7 @@
  "Unknown AJOIN command \u0002{other}\u0002. Use \u0002ADD\u0002, \u0002ADDALL\u0002, \u0002DEL\u0002 or \u0002LIST\u0002.": "Unbekannter AJOIN-Befehl \u0002{other}\u0002. Nutze \u0002ADD\u0002, \u0002ADDALL\u0002, \u0002DEL\u0002 oder \u0002LIST\u0002.",
  "Or confirm in one click: {link}": "Oder bestätige mit einem Klick: {link}",
  "Confirm now": "Jetzt bestätigen",
- "… and \u0002{more}\u0002 more; showing the first {cap}.": "… und \u0002{more}\u0002 weitere; die ersten {cap} werden angezeigt."
+ "… and \u0002{more}\u0002 more; showing the first {cap}.": "… und \u0002{more}\u0002 weitere; die ersten {cap} werden angezeigt.",
+ "log in and reclaim your nick": "anmelden und deinen Nick zurückholen",
+ "Syntax: \u0002LOGIN <nick> <password>\u0002\nLogs you in to <nick>'s account and moves you onto that nick, freeing any session already holding it.": "Syntax: \u0002LOGIN <Nick> <Passwort>\u0002\nMeldet dich beim Konto von <Nick> an und setzt dich auf diesen Nick, wobei jede Sitzung, die ihn belegt, freigegeben wird."
 }

lang/es-ar.json

@@ -1366,5 +1366,7 @@
  "Unknown AJOIN command \u0002{other}\u0002. Use \u0002ADD\u0002, \u0002ADDALL\u0002, \u0002DEL\u0002 or \u0002LIST\u0002.": "Comando AJOIN desconocido \u0002{other}\u0002. Usá \u0002ADD\u0002, \u0002ADDALL\u0002, \u0002DEL\u0002 o \u0002LIST\u0002.",
  "Or confirm in one click: {link}": "O confirmá con un clic: {link}",
  "Confirm now": "Confirmar ahora",
- "… and \u0002{more}\u0002 more; showing the first {cap}.": "… y \u0002{more}\u0002 más; mostrando los primeros {cap}."
+ "… and \u0002{more}\u0002 more; showing the first {cap}.": "… y \u0002{more}\u0002 más; mostrando los primeros {cap}.",
+ "log in and reclaim your nick": "iniciar sesión y recuperar tu apodo",
+ "Syntax: \u0002LOGIN <nick> <password>\u0002\nLogs you in to <nick>'s account and moves you onto that nick, freeing any session already holding it.": "Sintaxis: \u0002LOGIN <apodo> <contraseña>\u0002\nInicia sesión en la cuenta de <apodo> y te mueve a ese apodo, liberando cualquier sesión que ya lo esté usando."
 }

lang/es.json

@@ -1366,5 +1366,7 @@
  "Unknown AJOIN command \u0002{other}\u0002. Use \u0002ADD\u0002, \u0002ADDALL\u0002, \u0002DEL\u0002 or \u0002LIST\u0002.": "Comando AJOIN desconocido \u0002{other}\u0002. Usa \u0002ADD\u0002, \u0002ADDALL\u0002, \u0002DEL\u0002 o \u0002LIST\u0002.",
  "Or confirm in one click: {link}": "O confirma con un clic: {link}",
  "Confirm now": "Confirmar ahora",
- "… and \u0002{more}\u0002 more; showing the first {cap}.": "… y \u0002{more}\u0002 más; mostrando los primeros {cap}."
+ "… and \u0002{more}\u0002 more; showing the first {cap}.": "… y \u0002{more}\u0002 más; mostrando los primeros {cap}.",
+ "log in and reclaim your nick": "iniciar sesión y recuperar tu apodo",
+ "Syntax: \u0002LOGIN <nick> <password>\u0002\nLogs you in to <nick>'s account and moves you onto that nick, freeing any session already holding it.": "Sintaxis: \u0002LOGIN <apodo> <contraseña>\u0002\nInicia sesión en la cuenta de <apodo> y te mueve a ese apodo, liberando cualquier sesión que ya lo ocupe."
 }

lang/fr.json

@@ -1366,5 +1366,7 @@
  "Unknown AJOIN command \u0002{other}\u0002. Use \u0002ADD\u0002, \u0002ADDALL\u0002, \u0002DEL\u0002 or \u0002LIST\u0002.": "Commande AJOIN inconnue \u0002{other}\u0002. Utilisez \u0002ADD\u0002, \u0002ADDALL\u0002, \u0002DEL\u0002 ou \u0002LIST\u0002.",
  "Or confirm in one click: {link}": "Ou confirmez en un clic : {link}",
  "Confirm now": "Confirmer maintenant",
- "… and \u0002{more}\u0002 more; showing the first {cap}.": "… et \u0002{more}\u0002 de plus ; affichage des {cap} premiers."
+ "… and \u0002{more}\u0002 more; showing the first {cap}.": "… et \u0002{more}\u0002 de plus ; affichage des {cap} premiers.",
+ "log in and reclaim your nick": "se connecter et récupérer son pseudo",
+ "Syntax: \u0002LOGIN <nick> <password>\u0002\nLogs you in to <nick>'s account and moves you onto that nick, freeing any session already holding it.": "Syntaxe : \u0002LOGIN <pseudo> <mot de passe>\u0002\nVous connecte au compte de <pseudo> et vous place sur ce pseudo, en libérant toute session qui l'occupe déjà."
 }

lang/pt-br.json

@@ -1366,5 +1366,7 @@
  "Unknown AJOIN command \u0002{other}\u0002. Use \u0002ADD\u0002, \u0002ADDALL\u0002, \u0002DEL\u0002 or \u0002LIST\u0002.": "Comando AJOIN desconhecido \u0002{other}\u0002. Use \u0002ADD\u0002, \u0002ADDALL\u0002, \u0002DEL\u0002 ou \u0002LIST\u0002.",
  "Or confirm in one click: {link}": "Ou confirme com um clique: {link}",
  "Confirm now": "Confirmar agora",
- "… and \u0002{more}\u0002 more; showing the first {cap}.": "… e mais \u0002{more}\u0002; mostrando os primeiros {cap}."
+ "… and \u0002{more}\u0002 more; showing the first {cap}.": "… e mais \u0002{more}\u0002; mostrando os primeiros {cap}.",
+ "log in and reclaim your nick": "entrar e recuperar seu apelido",
+ "Syntax: \u0002LOGIN <nick> <password>\u0002\nLogs you in to <nick>'s account and moves you onto that nick, freeing any session already holding it.": "Sintaxe: \u0002LOGIN <apelido> <senha>\u0002\nEntra na conta de <apelido> e move você para esse apelido, liberando qualquer sessão que já o ocupe."
 }

lang/pt.json

@@ -1366,5 +1366,7 @@
  "Unknown AJOIN command \u0002{other}\u0002. Use \u0002ADD\u0002, \u0002ADDALL\u0002, \u0002DEL\u0002 or \u0002LIST\u0002.": "Comando AJOIN desconhecido \u0002{other}\u0002. Use \u0002ADD\u0002, \u0002ADDALL\u0002, \u0002DEL\u0002 ou \u0002LIST\u0002.",
  "Or confirm in one click: {link}": "Ou confirme com um clique: {link}",
  "Confirm now": "Confirmar agora",
- "… and \u0002{more}\u0002 more; showing the first {cap}.": "… e mais \u0002{more}\u0002; a mostrar os primeiros {cap}."
+ "… and \u0002{more}\u0002 more; showing the first {cap}.": "… e mais \u0002{more}\u0002; a mostrar os primeiros {cap}.",
+ "log in and reclaim your nick": "iniciar sessão e recuperar a sua alcunha",
+ "Syntax: \u0002LOGIN <nick> <password>\u0002\nLogs you in to <nick>'s account and moves you onto that nick, freeing any session already holding it.": "Sintaxe: \u0002LOGIN <alcunha> <palavra-passe>\u0002\nInicia sessão na conta de <alcunha> e move-o para essa alcunha, libertando qualquer sessão que já a ocupe."
 }

modules/nickserv/src/identify.rs

@@ -13,10 +13,30 @@ pub fn handle(me: &str, from: &Sender, args: &[&str], ctx: &mut ServiceCtx, db:
             return;
         }
     };
+    let Some((account, verifier)) = precheck(me, from, "IDENTIFY", account_name, ctx, db) else {
+        return;
+    };
+    // Already identified to this account: skip the (wasted) verify.
+    if from.account == Some(account.as_str()) {
+        ctx.notice(me, from.uid, t!(ctx, "You're already identified as \x02{account}\x02.", account = account));
+        return;
+    }
+    ctx.defer_authenticate(
+        verifier,
+        password,
+        AuthThen::Identify { uid: from.uid.to_string(), agent: me.to_string(), name: account_name.to_string(), account },
+    );
+}
+
+// Shared validation for the password-login commands (IDENTIFY, LOGIN): the account
+// must exist, not be suspended, not be throttled, and have a password verifier.
+// Returns the (canonical account, verifier) for the deferred verify, or None after
+// emitting the failure to `from`. `cmd` names the command in the FAIL/audit lines.
+pub(crate) fn precheck(me: &str, from: &Sender, cmd: &str, account_name: &str, ctx: &mut ServiceCtx, db: &mut dyn Store) -> Option<(String, String)> {
     // Distinguish an unregistered account from a wrong password.
     if !db.exists(account_name) {
-        ctx.fail(me, from.uid, "IDENTIFY", "ACCOUNT_NOT_REGISTERED", t!(ctx, "\x02{account_name}\x02 isn't registered.", account_name = account_name));
+        ctx.fail(me, from.uid, cmd, "ACCOUNT_NOT_REGISTERED", t!(ctx, "\x02{account_name}\x02 isn't registered.", account_name = account_name));
-        return;
+        return None;
     }
     // A suspended account can't be logged into (checked before the password so it
     // doesn't reveal whether the password was right). Tell them who, when and why,
@@ -34,15 +54,15 @@ pub fn handle(me: &str, from: &Sender, args: &[&str], ctx: &mut ServiceCtx, db:
                     msg.push_str(&t!(ctx, " The suspension is due to lift on {when}.", when = human_time(exp)));
                 }
                 msg.push_str(&t!(ctx, " If you think this is a mistake, please contact the network staff."));
-                ctx.fail(me, from.uid, "IDENTIFY", "ACCOUNT_SUSPENDED", msg);
+                ctx.fail(me, from.uid, cmd, "ACCOUNT_SUSPENDED", msg);
             }
-            return;
+            return None;
         }
     }
     // Refuse while throttled, so a password can't be brute-forced.
     if let Some(secs) = db.auth_lockout(account_name) {
-        ctx.fail(me, from.uid, "IDENTIFY", "RATE_LIMITED", t!(ctx, "Too many failed attempts. Please wait {secs}s and try again.", secs = secs));
+        ctx.fail(me, from.uid, cmd, "RATE_LIMITED", t!(ctx, "Too many failed attempts. Please wait {secs}s and try again.", secs = secs));
-        return;
+        return None;
     }
     // Fetch the verifier cheaply and hand the (~1s) PBKDF2 verify to the engine to
     // run off the reactor — never verify under the engine lock. The login finish
@@ -54,20 +74,10 @@ pub fn handle(me: &str, from: &Sender, args: &[&str], ctx: &mut ServiceCtx, db:
             // blind spot the deferred wrong-password path doesn't have.
             db.note_auth(account_name, false);
             ctx.count("nickserv.identify_fail");
-            ctx.auth_report(false, Some(account_name), "NickServ IDENTIFY", from.uid, Some("no password set"));
+            ctx.auth_report(false, Some(account_name), &format!("NickServ {cmd}"), from.uid, Some("no password set"));
-            ctx.fail(me, from.uid, "IDENTIFY", "INVALID_CREDENTIALS", "Invalid password. Please try again.");
+            ctx.fail(me, from.uid, cmd, "INVALID_CREDENTIALS", "Invalid password. Please try again.");
-        }
+            None
-        Some((account, verifier)) => {
-            // Already identified to this account: skip the (wasted) verify.
-            if from.account == Some(account.as_str()) {
-                ctx.notice(me, from.uid, t!(ctx, "You're already identified as \x02{account}\x02.", account = account));
-                return;
-            }
-            ctx.defer_authenticate(
-                verifier,
-                password,
-                AuthThen::Identify { uid: from.uid.to_string(), agent: me.to_string(), name: account_name.to_string(), account },
-            );
         }
+        Some((account, verifier)) => Some((account, verifier)),
     }
 }

modules/nickserv/src/lib.rs

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use echo_api::NetView;
 mod register;
 #[path = "identify.rs"]
 mod identify;
+mod login;
 #[path = "logout.rs"]
 mod logout;
 #[path = "cert.rs"]
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ const BLURB: &str = "NickServ looks after your nickname and account: register it
 const TOPICS: &[HelpEntry] = &[
     HelpEntry { cmd: "REGISTER", summary: "register your nick as an account", detail: "Syntax: \x02REGISTER <password> [email]\x02\nRegisters your current nick as an account. If an email is given and confirmation is on, you get a code to \x02CONFIRM\x02." },
     HelpEntry { cmd: "IDENTIFY", summary: "log in to your account", detail: "Syntax: \x02IDENTIFY [account] <password>\x02\nLogs you in. Also \x02ID\x02." },
+    HelpEntry { cmd: "LOGIN", summary: "log in and reclaim your nick", detail: "Syntax: \x02LOGIN <nick> <password>\x02\nLogs you in to <nick>'s account and moves you onto that nick, freeing any session already holding it." },
     HelpEntry { cmd: "LOGOUT", summary: "log out to a guest nick", detail: "Syntax: \x02LOGOUT\x02\nLogs you out and moves you to a guest nick. Also \x02LOGOFF\x02." },
     HelpEntry { cmd: "INFO", summary: "show account information", detail: "Syntax: \x02INFO [account]\x02\nShows account information. The email is shown only to the owner." },
     HelpEntry { cmd: "ALIST", summary: "list channels you have access on", detail: "Syntax: \x02ALIST\x02\nLists the channels you hold access on." },
@@ -112,6 +114,7 @@ impl Service for NickServ {
         match cmd.as_deref() {
             Some("REGISTER") => register::handle(me, from, args, ctx, db),
             Some("IDENTIFY") | Some("ID") => identify::handle(me, from, args, ctx, db),
+            Some("LOGIN") => login::handle(me, from, args, ctx, db),
             Some("LOGOUT") | Some("LOGOFF") => logout::handle(me, &self.guest_nick, &mut self.guest_seq, from, ctx, net, db),
             Some("CERT") => cert::handle(me, from, args, ctx, db),
             Some("INFO") => info::handle(me, from, args, ctx, net, db),

modules/nickserv/src/login.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+use echo_api::{AuthThen, Sender, ServiceCtx, Store};
+
+use super::identify;
+
+// LOGIN <nick> <password>: identify to the account owning <nick> and, on success,
+// reclaim the nick — freeing any ghost holding it and moving you onto it. A
+// one-shot IDENTIFY + RECOVER for someone who connected under a guest nick.
+pub fn handle(me: &str, from: &Sender, args: &[&str], ctx: &mut ServiceCtx, db: &mut dyn Store) {
+    let (Some(&nick), Some(&password)) = (args.get(1), args.get(2)) else {
+        ctx.notice(me, from.uid, "Syntax: LOGIN <nick> <password>");
+        return;
+    };
+    let Some((account, verifier)) = identify::precheck(me, from, "LOGIN", nick, ctx, db) else {
+        return;
+    };
+    ctx.defer_authenticate(
+        verifier,
+        password,
+        AuthThen::Login {
+            uid: from.uid.to_string(),
+            agent: me.to_string(),
+            name: nick.to_string(),
+            account,
+            nick: nick.to_string(),
+        },
+    );
+}

src/engine/register.rs

@@ -371,7 +371,41 @@ impl Engine {
     /// AJOIN, vhost, memo notice) stay identical.
     pub fn complete_authenticate(&mut self, ok: bool, then: AuthThen) -> Vec<NetAction> {
         let actions = match then {
-            AuthThen::Identify { uid, agent, name, account } => {
+            AuthThen::Identify { uid, agent, name, account } => self.finish_identify(ok, uid, agent, name, account),
+            AuthThen::Login { uid, agent, name, account, nick } => {
+                let mut out = self.finish_identify(ok, uid.clone(), agent, name, account);
+                if ok {
+                    out.extend(self.recover_nick(&uid, &nick));
+                }
+                out
+            }
+            AuthThen::Sasl { agent, client, account, password } => {
+                // Feed the same brute-force throttle IDENTIFY uses (success clears it,
+                // failure grows the backoff) — but ONLY for a password verify; a failed
+                // one-time keycard redemption must not lock out the account's password.
+                if password {
+                    self.db.note_auth(&account, ok);
+                }
+                if ok {
+                    self.sasl_login("SASL PLAIN", &agent, &client, account)
+                } else {
+                    self.sasl_deny("SASL PLAIN", &agent, &client, Some(&account), "bad password")
+                }
+            }
+        };
+        // This runs in the link layer, off the handle() path, so the login's
+        // accountname metadata never reaches track_accounts in handle(). Apply it
+        // here so echo's own account map is authoritative and doesn't depend on the
+        // ircd reflecting the metadata back — which is a no-op when re-authenticating
+        // an already-logged-in user after a services relink, leaving the user unable
+        // to use their access despite a successful login.
+        self.track_accounts(&actions);
+        actions
+    }
+
+    // The login side-effects shared by IDENTIFY and LOGIN: throttle bookkeeping,
+    // the welcome + auto-join + vhost + waiting-memo notice, and the auth-feed line.
+    fn finish_identify(&mut self, ok: bool, uid: String, agent: String, name: String, account: String) -> Vec<NetAction> {
         self.db.note_auth(&name, ok);
         let lang = self.lang_for_account(&account);
         let mut ctx = ServiceCtx { lang: lang.clone(), ..Default::default() };
@@ -409,27 +443,20 @@ impl Engine {
         actions.extend(feed);
         actions
     }
-            AuthThen::Sasl { agent, client, account, password } => {
+
-                // Feed the same brute-force throttle IDENTIFY uses (success clears it,
+    // Reclaim `nick` for `uid` after a LOGIN: rename any other session off it (to a
-                // failure grows the backoff) — but ONLY for a password verify; a failed
+    // guest nick), then move the caller onto it.
-                // one-time keycard redemption must not lock out the account's password.
+    fn recover_nick(&mut self, uid: &str, nick: &str) -> Vec<NetAction> {
-                if password {
+        let mut out = Vec::new();
-                    self.db.note_auth(&account, ok);
+        if let Some(ghost) = self.network.uid_by_nick(nick).map(str::to_string) {
-                }
+            if ghost != uid {
-                if ok {
+                let guest = echo_api::next_guest_nick(&self.guest_nick, &mut self.enforce_seq, &self.network, &self.db);
-                    self.sasl_login("SASL PLAIN", &agent, &client, account)
+                out.push(NetAction::ForceNick { uid: ghost, nick: guest });
-                } else {
-                    self.sasl_deny("SASL PLAIN", &agent, &client, Some(&account), "bad password")
             }
         }
-        };
+        if self.network.nick_of(uid) != Some(nick) {
-        // This runs in the link layer, off the handle() path, so the login's
+            out.push(NetAction::ForceNick { uid: uid.to_string(), nick: nick.to_string() });
-        // accountname metadata never reaches track_accounts in handle(). Apply it
+        }
-        // here so echo's own account map is authoritative and doesn't depend on the
+        out
-        // ircd reflecting the metadata back — which is a no-op when re-authenticating
-        // an already-logged-in user after a services relink, leaving the user unable
-        // to use their access despite a successful login.
-        self.track_accounts(&actions);
-        actions
     }
 }

src/engine/tests.rs

@@ -854,6 +854,20 @@
         assert_eq!(e.network.account_of("000AAAAAB"), Some("foo"), "and is authoritative in echo's own map");
     }
 
+    // NS LOGIN identifies AND reclaims the nick: after the deferred verify succeeds,
+    // any ghost on the target nick is renamed off and the caller is moved onto it.
+    #[test]
+    fn login_recovers_the_nick_after_the_deferred_verify() {
+        let mut e = engine_with("login", "alice", "sesame");
+        e.handle(NetEvent::UserConnect { uid: "000AAAAAB".into(), nick: "Guest7".into(), host: "h".into(), ip: "0.0.0.0".into() });
+        e.handle(NetEvent::UserConnect { uid: "000AAAAAC".into(), nick: "alice".into(), host: "h".into(), ip: "0.0.0.0".into() });
+        let then = echo_api::AuthThen::Login { uid: "000AAAAAB".into(), agent: "42SAAAAAA".into(), name: "alice".into(), account: "alice".into(), nick: "alice".into() };
+        let out = e.complete_authenticate(true, then);
+        assert_eq!(e.network.account_of("000AAAAAB"), Some("alice"), "caller is identified");
+        assert!(out.iter().any(|a| matches!(a, NetAction::ForceNick { uid, nick } if uid == "000AAAAAC" && nick != "alice")), "ghost renamed off the nick: {out:?}");
+        assert!(out.iter().any(|a| matches!(a, NetAction::ForceNick { uid, nick } if uid == "000AAAAAB" && nick == "alice")), "caller takes the nick: {out:?}");
+    }
+
     // A suspension that arrives by gossip must end local sessions on that account,
     // just as a local SUSPEND does — the account and its channels stay put.
     #[test]