haw, of course there is. That will only have effect during your initial -m (make) of your eggdrop. Afterwards, any changes to that static channel section will be irrelevant. Look into dcc chat (partyline) commands, specifically .+chan and .chanset
Also, you might want to check the difference between these you entered:
You need to space before the colon like you did in need-op. The two below are incorrect and condense the colon against your target nick and won't work.
Wow you have an eye for detail, I copied that portion from a post somewhere, I've been into that many posts in the last few days I don’t know what way is up at the moment!
pah.. I was rather hoping it was going to be as simple as editing the MyBot.chan file... obviously not.. I'll read on. Need to get me a DCC connection I guess