Variable: erc-password

erc-password is a variable defined in erc.el.gz.

This variable is obsolete since 29.1; use auth-source instead

Value

nil

Documentation

Password to use when authenticating to an IRC server interactively.

This variable only exists for legacy reasons. It's not customizable and is limited to a single server password. Users looking for similar functionality should consider auth-source instead. See Info node (auth) Top and Info node (erc) auth-source.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/erc/erc.el.gz
(defvar erc-password nil
  "Password to use when authenticating to an IRC server interactively.

This variable only exists for legacy reasons.  It's not customizable and
is limited to a single server password.  Users looking for similar
functionality should consider auth-source instead.  See Info
node `(auth) Top' and Info node `(erc) auth-source'.")