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

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good with names.

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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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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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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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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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Ah cool. Nice to see you back!

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

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