help/opers/whois

   1 WHOIS [remoteserver|nick] nick
   2
   3 WHOIS will display detailed user information for
   4 the specified nick.  If the first parameter is
   5 specified, WHOIS will display information from
   6 the specified server, or the server that the
   7 user is on.  This is how to remotely see
   8 idle time and away status.