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- For what it is worth, here is the documentation on how to install and set up
- a sig............. Please NO flames!!!!
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- For clarity, I will be referring to a term called ORGPATH. ORGPATH is nothing
- more than the directory that contains the bbs software. <origination path>...
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- The following steps are REQUIRED to set up a sig:
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- 1) From ORGPATH, make a directory with the SAME name as the SIG.
- 2) Be sure the permissions are such so that the bbs user has rwx permission.
- 3) From that directory, make two new directories called files and msgs. The
- files directory will be the file section for that SIG. You guessed it, the
- msgs directory will be the message base for that SIG.
- 4) Same as step 2 but for the two new directories.
- 5) The files directory must contain a file called files.bbs. This is exactly
- the same as the GENERAL file directories. Guess what, it uses the same code!
- Actually, the message section for the SIG is controlled by the same code as
- for the GENERAL message bases.
- 6) In ORGPATH, generate a file called sigs.bbs. This file is the listing of the
- sigs on your system. The distribution contains an example sigs.bbs that you
- can use as a guide.
- 7) Sigs.bbs is basically in the same format as features.bbs etc. The IMPORTANT
- difference is that a SIG can either be "private" or "public". If you wish to
- make the SIG private, put an asterisk is column 78. You will notice that
- the distribution sigs.bbs has two SIGS, one is private and one is public.
- The first field is the SIG name and MUST be the SAME name as the SIG
- directory that you made in step 1!!!! The second field is the description
- and the third field is the privilege level assigned to that SIG.
- 8) Each SIG MUST have a file in ORGPATH using the SAME name as the directory
- but with an extension of .bbs. If the SIG is private, you will have to
- make a list of each allowable user in the form of Firstname Lastname.
- Remember, on user per line and CAPITALIZE the first character of the first
- and last names. A string compare is performed. If the SIG is "public", you
- must still make each file by simply typing "touch signame.bbs" where
- signame is that of your SIG. REMEMBER, make sure that the file has rwx
- permission for the bbs user. This is very important since a public SIG
- is dynamically updated by the user.
- 9) This is optional but nice! In the directory that you made in step one,
- you can have a file called sigwelcome.bbs. This file will be displayed,
- if it exists, to the SIG user once he has successfully logged into the
- SIG. It is nothing more than an ASCII file an can be generated by "vi".
- A) This ALSO an optional but nice feature. In the directory that you made
- in step one and if it is a private sig, you can have a file called
- sigentry,bbs. This file is displayed to the user, if he tries to login
- to the sig, and entry is not permitted because he/she is not listed in
- the sig users file. It can be used to describe the way he/she can be
- registered, by you, into the sig.
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- Once you have performed the above steps, you are ready to login yourself into
- each SIG. Go into each SIGS message section and leave a message. This will
- make all the necessary msgs files. REMEMBER, a "private" SIG can only be
- entered if the user's name is present within the appropriate .bbs file. This
- is ALSO true for you. You MUST enter your name too to gain access.
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- Enjoy,
- Sandy
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