/oper issues

[Tony Bibbs]

I've got a very basic configuration working all but being to get /oper 
working. The scenario is the IRC server is at a colo and I'm at home 
trying to do my thing. WHOIS shows me:

User Tony of ~tony some.domain.com * :My IRC Client

My ircd.conf operator section looks like:

operator {
         name = "Tony";
         user = "Tony@*.domain.com";
         password = "somepassword";
         encrypted = yes;
         class = "opers";
         global_kill = yes;
         remote = yes;
         kline = yes;
         unkline = yes;
         gline = yes;
         die = yes;
         rehash = yes;
         nick_changes = yes;
         admin = yes;
};

When I do /oper Tony somepassword I get the infamous "Only few of mere 
motals..." bit

I'm sure the fix is trivial but damned if I can figure it out...thoughts?

--Tony