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SYSOP FUNCTIONS 16-1 16. SYSOP FUNCTIONS ------------------- The SysOp functions are separated into two groups: Those functions that the SysOp, or user with sufficient security, can use while logged onto the RBBS-PC, and those functions that are available from the local console. 16.1 SYSOP Commands Within RBBS-PC ---------------------------------- The following operations can be performed by the SysOp, or any user with sufficient security, at the main RBBS-PC command prompt: 1 - Type COMMENTS file. The contents of the COMMENTS file is displayed. If commets are saved as PRIVATE MESSAGES, the only time comments will appear in this file is when the message file is full. 2 - Type CALLERS file. A log is maintained of all persons who have called the system. This function will list the file showing the users name and the date and time signed on as well as a log of their activity. This function is also available through the UTIL menu (function U). 3 - Resurrect a message. This function will restore a message that has been killed. If the message file has been "packed", the killed messages are no longer recoverable. The function will ask for the message number of the message to be recovered. 4 - Erase the COMMENTS file. This function will erase the comments. A new comments file will be created the next time a user leaves a comment. 5 - USERS file maintenance. The users file contains entries for each user registered with the system. This function permits the SysOp to: A)dd -- add a user to the USERS file. L)st -- list the USERS file. P)rt -- print the USERS file on the printer. M)od -- modify a record in the USERS file. S)can - scan each record in the USERS file for a particular string. In <M>odify mode, limited editing of the users record in the USERS file can be done. The following subfunctions are available: D - Delete the user. F - Find another user in the USERS file. M - Return to the option 5 function prompt. N - Give the user a new password. P - Toggle the printer flag to print entries on the printer. Q - Quit and return to the main message prompt. R - Reset the user's graphic mode. S - Set the security level of the user. This can be used to lockout or grant special privileges to the user. X - Modify user's upload/download counts. # - locate any record number within the USERS file. $ - Change the user's Registration date. In <M>odify mode a record will be displayed followed by a subfunction prompt for action. To get to a specific record the record number can be entered at the prompt and if valid that record will be displayed. If the record number is invalid or [ENTER] is pressed, the next record in the file will be displayed. RBBS-PC 17.3A TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL 16-2 6 - Toggles the operator page bell on/off. This overrides the "office hours" specified in the RBBS-PC.DEF file. 7 - SysOp drop to DOS as a remote user. If the SysOp has logged on remotely and is running RBBS-PC under DOS 2.0 or greater, this function will use the door interface to create a "remote DOS shell." RBBS-PC must be able to process door exit .BAT files in order for this to work (see section 13). The SysOp will then see the DOS prompt at the remote terminal and can execute whatever DOS commands or programs the CTTY command supports. DOS will look for COMMAND.COM to be present on the disk drive you specified in parameter 105. SysOp function 7, unlike "doors," loads in a copy of COMMAND.COM to run under the copy that was running RBBS-PC. Also be sure to read Appendix T and make sure that you THOROUGHLY understands the limitations that DOS places on you when this option is invoked. Two areas of caution are advised when using SysOp function 7 under DOS 2.0 or above. First, each SysOp should test what can be done remotely. Software that reads and writes directly to the video BIOS and does other things that bypass the standard input and output of DOS simply won't function correctly. Second, you should be aware that you are in DOS and can return to RBBS-PC only by issuing the EXIT command. This will return to the batch file that was built dynamically by RBBS-PC. This file will then continue executing and is designed to reassign the keyboard as the console and then re-invoke RBBS-PC. If you get disconnected while in DOS, your system will be locked up. The console will be assigned to your communication port and your modem will have dropped the line and will have been set not to auto-answer. The only way to restore the system is a manual power off/on sequence. 16.2 SysOp Use of Function Keys and Numeric Pad ----------------------------------------------- The following function keys are available at the local console, while RBBS-PC is waiting for a call, or while a caller is online. If RBBS-PC is operated in LOCAL mode (COM0), RBBS-PC will not allow a non-SysOp user to access privileged local commands (i.e. a local user cannot raise his security level with the + key). F1 - Return to DOS. This is only active when RBBS-PC is waiting for a call. When the SysOp presses F1, RBBS-PC takes the modem "off hook", so incoming calls will get a busy signal. It then creates a file in the same directory as the CALLERS file named RBBSxF1.DEF ("x" is the node ID). RBBS-PC then returns to DOS. The invoking batch file should check for the presence of the RBBSxF1.DEF file and halt if it is present after running RBBS-PC. F2 - SHELL to DOS. RBBS-PC remains resident but suspended in memory, the user (if any) remains on-line and the local SysOp is in DOS until the EXIT command is issued, which returns control back to RBBS-PC and the caller. F3 - Printer toggle on/off. This changes the printer on-line status. When on-line, the printer will print each caller's name and the filenames uploaded/downloaded. It will also print all unexpected error messages. This function should only be turned ON when a printer is attached to the RBBS-PC computer and is ready to print. F4 - Operator page toggle. This changes the status of "operator annoy" (i.e. allows the SysOp to be pageable). Operator page time limits are SYSOP FUNCTIONS 16-3 set by CONFIG parameter 7. This toggle will override the SysOp's "office hours." F5 - Tells RBBS-PC to answer the phone and check for an incoming carrier immediately. F6- SysOp available. This changes the status of operator available setting. This is useful if during your "office hours" you temporarily don't wish to be disturbed. F7- SysOp NEXT. After the current caller logs off, RBBS-PC will initiate a local SysOp login. F8 - Allows the SysOp to grant an on-line user temporary SysOp privileges. This is a toggle on/off switch. F9 - SNOOP toggle. This key switches SysOp SNOOP on/off. When SNOOP is OFF, the local screen will clear. When SNOOP is ON, the local screen will be updated to reflect what the RBBS-PC user is seeing. F10- This is the forced chat switch. It announces your presence to the caller and then allows both you and the caller to type and see each other's words. The ESC key is used to exit Forced chat mode or to answer an "O>perator page" request. The F10 key will not function until a user logging on has reached the Main Menu. END- Informs the current caller that the SysOp needs the system, then updates his user record and politely logs him off. CTRL END - Logs off and locks out the current user that is on and informs the user that their presence is unacceptable. PgUp Displays information about the current user. This information is only displayed on the local screen. The user's screen is unaffected. PgDn Clear the local screen (used to remove information displayed via the PgUp key). LEFT ARROW - Subtracts one minute from the user's current session time. Ctrl-Left Arrow subtracts five minutes from the user's current session time. RIGHT ARROW - Adds one minute to the user's current session time. Ctrl-Right Arrow adds five minutes to the user's current session time. UP ARROW - allows the local SysOp to increment an on-line users security level by one. CTRL-up-arrow or CTRL-PgUp will increase the security by 5. DOWN ARROW - allows the local SysOp to decrement an on-line users security level by one. CTRL-down-arrow or CTRL-PgDn will decrease the security by 5. The SysOp can also enter commands on the command prompt line while a caller is on-line. The command entered will cause the system to respond just as it would if the caller had entered the command. This should be used with caution because it could confuse a new system user -- users are often timid RBBS-PC 17.3A TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL 16-4 enough without knowing that big brother is actually watching them! Let callers page you and then tell them that you can assist with commands if they get into trouble. 16.3 Local Status Display ------------------------- RBBS-PC maintains a status display on the bottom line of the local display. The items in the display are in the following form: Node ? AP! PG! AVL ANY LPT SYS 999 NAME CITY, STATE UM UU UB UD Where: Node ? is the node number AP! Indicates this user triggered an AutoPage (see section 7.11). PG! This caller paged the SysOp. AVL The SysOp is AVAILABLE ANY The SysOp ANNOY switch is on LPT The PRINTER LOG is active SYS The SysOp wants a LOCAL log-in next 999 The caller's security level NAME The Caller's name CITY, STATE The Caller's City and State UM The MESSAGE file lock (UM=unlocked, LM=locked) UU The USER file lock (UU=unlocked, LU=locked) UB The USER BLOCK lock (UB=unlocked, LB=locked) UD The upload dir/comment lock (UD=unlocked, LD=locked).