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- COMMAND ACCESS LEVELS
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- Searchlight BBS version 1.75 introduces a new configuration option that
- allows you to define minimum access levels for all 24 commands on the Main
- menu and all 22 commands on the Files menu. Command access levels work in
- conjunction with user BBS and files access levels, and allow you to
- restrict the use of individual commands to users who have a certain access
- level.
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- Command access levels can be changed by selection Option #8 on the
- CONFIG program main menu. Select the desired command from the submenu
- choices, then enter a number from 0 to 255 to define an access level for
- each command. Once access levels for commands have been set, only users
- who have an access level equal to or greater than the level associated with
- a particular command will have the ability to use that command. Other
- users will not see that command on the menu and will not be able to execute
- it.
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- By default, all command access levels are set to 0, except for the
- 1-Subop and 2-Sysop commands on the main menu and the Copy and 2-Sysop
- commands on the Files menu, which are initialized to a value of 254.
- However, the 1-Subop command is still accessable to users who are desig
- nated as SubSysops of a particular message subboard, regardless of their
- access level. Note that it is now possible to make the 1-Subop, 2-Sysop,
- and Copy commands available to non-sysop users by lowering the command
- access levels associated with these commands (most people will, of course,
- want to continue to restrict these commands to sysops only).
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- Command access levels are useful for restricting or completely shutting
- off options on a command-by-command basis. For example, in Searchlight BBS
- version 1.74, the Quotes command will not display quotes if user quoting is
- turned off (via the CONFIG program switch). In version 1.75, this
- restriction is removed, and Quotes will operate regardless of whether
- quoting is enabled. Those who wish to have the Quotes command unavailable
- to their users may do so by assigning a command access level of 255 to the
- Quotes command (thus making it available only to the Sysop user).
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- Please note that although access levels for all commands can be
- changed, there are some commands for which changing the access level
- doesn't make sense (for example, if you gave the Goodbye command an access
- level of 255, you would make it impossible for users to log off!). It is
- up to you to make sure that reasonable access levels are assigned, so use
- this facility with care.
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