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    From Michael Borthwick@21:3/179 to All on Thu Apr 6 13:03:39 2023
    Hi all,

    A couple of questions;

    1) In scfg -> File Areas -> <Library> -> <Library> options;
    - I see two sets of requirements one at the library level and one at the file directory level. Do the library requirements override the directory level requirements, or do I need to set both the library requirements and the file level requirements?

    2) Can I global edit options like I can in Mystic? Ie can I set the requirements for all file areas at once?

    Thanks! :)

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  • From Digital Man@21:1/183 to Michael Borthwick on Wed Apr 5 20:39:40 2023
    Re: Synchronet stuff
    By: Michael Borthwick to All on Thu Apr 06 2023 01:03 pm

    Hi all,

    A couple of questions;

    1) In scfg -> File Areas -> <Library> -> <Library> options;
    - I see two sets of requirements one at the library level and one at the file directory level. Do the library requirements override the directory level requirements, or do I need to set both the library requirements and the file level requirements?

    A user must meet *both* requirements when set to something non-blank (default allow). See http://wiki.synchro.net/access:requirements for details. So if you want all the directories of a library to have the same requirements, you don't need to set *any* of the directory-specific requirements.

    2) Can I global edit options like I can in Mystic? Ie can I set the requirements for all file areas at once?

    You can set all the directories of a library with a single operations using the Directory Defaults->Clone Settings option. But you don't need to do this for any of the "requirements" settings since you already have the library-level control with the library's "requirements" settings.

    This library-level requirements control (except for "acccess requirements") is new in v3.20, which is still in development, BTW,

    And for the proper place to ask Synchronet support questions, see http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:support
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  • From Michael Borthwick@21:3/179 to Digital Man on Thu Apr 6 18:56:34 2023
    And for the proper place to ask Synchronet support questions, see http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:support

    Thanks for the reply. The only reason I asked here is there are a number of people here that know Synchronet, and I like to post here to keep traffic going on the net :)

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  • From Digital Man@21:1/183 to Michael Borthwick on Thu Apr 6 10:43:55 2023
    Re: Re: Synchronet stuff
    By: Michael Borthwick to Digital Man on Thu Apr 06 2023 06:56 pm

    And for the proper place to ask Synchronet support questions, see http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:support

    Thanks for the reply. The only reason I asked here is there are a number of people here that know Synchronet, and I like to post here to keep traffic going on the net :)

    I understand the sentiment. But now, my answer to your question (which other sysops may have now or in the future) is only here, not where Synchront support-seekers would expect to find it. :-(
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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Michael Borthwick on Fri Apr 7 22:28:58 2023
    On 06 Apr 2023 at 06:56p, Michael Borthwick pondered and said...

    And for the proper place to ask Synchronet support questions, see http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:support

    Thanks for the reply. The only reason I asked here is there are a number of people here that know Synchronet, and I like to post here to keep traffic going on the net :)

    thank you

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Digital Man on Fri Apr 7 22:35:05 2023
    On 06 Apr 2023 at 10:43a, Digital Man pondered and said...

    I understand the sentiment. But now, my answer to your question (which other sysops may have now or in the future) is only here, not where Synchront support-seekers would expect to find it. :-(

    well... whist I totally understand that there are some dedicated places and spaces for Synchronet support there are a fair number of sysops active in fsxNet who run Synchronet as well.

    Admittedly I am biased towards encouraging dialogue in fsxNet but I don't think the benefit of shared learning about Synchronet is diminished just because a reply or question is discussed here vs elsewhere.

    I do appreciate you taking the time to reply to queries in fsxNet about your very cool software :-)

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  • From apam@21:1/182 to Michael Borthwick on Sat Apr 8 23:18:08 2023
    I recognise your name, and I'm trying to figure out why...

    are you the guy who used to run "fusion bbs" and had a spider collection?

    If you're not, sorry, i'm not good with names. If you are, sorry, I'm not
    good with names.

    Andrew


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Michael Borthwick on Sat Apr 8 08:40:00 2023
    Michael Borthwick wrote to All <=-

    1) In scfg -> File Areas -> <Library> -> <Library> options;
    - I see two sets of requirements one at the library level and one at
    the file directory level. Do the library requirements override the directory level requirements, or do I need to set both the library requirements and the file level requirements?

    If you can't see the library, you can't see the underlying file areas. I typically set the library requirements to be LEVEL 50 and leave the
    directories alone - that way you need to be logged in as an
    authenticated user to get to the files.

    I don't have any real security levels, but if I had intermediate levels,
    I could use the file directory levels to create an "elite" tier.

    2) Can I global edit options like I can in Mystic? Ie can I set the requirements for all file areas at once?

    I don't see a way to clone options for file areas. You can do so with
    message areas, however. It might be worth dropping a note to Digital Man
    on DOVEnet seeing if he could add that feature.




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  • From Michael Borthwick@21:3/179 to apam on Sun Apr 9 14:41:35 2023
    are you the guy who used to run "fusion bbs" and had a spider collection?

    If you're not, sorry, i'm not good with names. If you are, sorry, I'm not good with names.

    Yeah that's me, i fell off the edge of the planet for a while.

    I did have a spider collection but I'm not looking after a dementia & alzheimers patient so I couldn't take the risk of them sticking fingers in with them so they had to go.

    I'm back now so getting a bbs back up and running :)

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  • From Michael Borthwick@21:3/179 to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Apr 9 14:43:44 2023
    If you can't see the library, you can't see the underlying file areas. I typically set the library requirements to be LEVEL 50 and leave the directories alone - that way you need to be logged in as an
    authenticated user to get to the files.

    Thanks for that :)

    I need some more practice with synchro I think :)

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  • From apam@21:1/182 to Michael Borthwick on Sun Apr 9 15:08:25 2023
    Yeah that's me, i fell off the edge of the planet for a while.

    Ah cool. Nice to see you back!

    I've been a bit distracted lately, not spending so much time on the BBSes.

    Andrew


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  • From Michael Borthwick@21:3/179 to apam on Sun Apr 9 17:14:26 2023
    Ah cool. Nice to see you back!

    Thanks! How have you been getting on? Survived Covid alright?

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