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SYSOP DOCUMENTATION USERCHEK for the IBM Personal Computer Version 1.7 by John Krytus 246 Gardner Avenue Northwood, Ohio 43619 Voice (419) 691-9700 Data (419) 691-1125 January 1991 Disclaimer ---------- This program is not public domain. It is distributed under the concept of shareware. Please contribute to this process as it is the only way it can work. This product is provided "As Is" with no warranty, either expressed or implied. All risk when running this product is with you. 1.0 Program Description ----------------------- This file will take control of your bbs and callback users to verify they are who they say they are. Userchek is strictly written for RBBS. It uses whatever user interface files that are provided by rbbs. 2.0 Required files ------------------ You must have a batch file that you are running your RBBS from. The purpose of the files are as follows: 1. Userchek.exe Main EXE program. 2. Userchek.doc Documentation for Rbbs sysops. 3. Userchek.bat Batch file to execute when rbbs exists to your door program. 4. Readme.now Updates as they have occured. 5. Update.new Version 1.5 added parameter to usrchk1.def. Special precautions in installing this version. 3.0 Setup --------- Normally, making a userchek subdirectory off of your rbbs subdirectory is the best way to set up this door. Do this by typing MD USERCHEK in the rbbs subdirectory. Setting up this door is easy as all you have to do is invoke the userchek.exe program. You will be asked to enter various locations for files. There are suggested defaults that you might want to accept. The following questions will be asked. To get to this process, it is recommended that to type: DOS PROMPT>USERCHEK LOCAL It is recommended that you run in the local mode for the first time as you will probably get an error when userchek tries to access your com port. 1. Enter the name and location of the dorinfo file. Normally, the location of this file is the same as the location of rbbs-pc.exe. Rbbs creates this file when it goes to a door. If you press return, the default will be used. If the Dorinfo file cannot be found, userchek will create one for you. 2. The next question will ask you to enter the name of door control file rbbs uses to adjust the user's security. Normally, this file is named DOUT1.DEF. Userchek makes this file when returning to rbbs thereby, adjusting the user's security level. 3. The next question will ask you if you want your bbs to be calling long distance. Something corrected in version 1.7 is that LD callers are immediately disconnected after they are sucessfully verified. 4. The next question asks what the security level is that will invoke the door to verify callers. On my system it is -3-. Enter whatever security level you wish here. 5. Here, enter the level of security to assign to the caller should the caller pass the verify callback. 6. This question selects the prefix added to the dial for your modem. ATDP for pulse dialing and ATDT for touch tone dialing. 7. Enter the location and filename where a log will be kept of user verify tries. Hitting enter will accept the default. 8. This entry of a filename keeps track of the trash numbers you want to check before your system dials. 9. This file keeps track of the numbers that were successfully verified. If a users phone number is in this file, it will not be called again. 10. The is the opportunity for you to enter a string to be sent to the modem just before the phone number is dialed. The default is ATM1 which turns the modems speaker on. At this point you might not want the speaker on so enter ATM0, which turns the speaker off. Having no effect cause it's off already. 4.0 Running the Doorware program -------------------------------- After completing the setup as stated above insure that items #107 and #108 are completed. Item #107 requests the name and location of the file to be invoked by rbbs when the verification takes place. Item #108 requests the security level to watch for to invoke the verify program. Userchek is invoked by the running of the batch file userchek.bat by rbbs. Typical userchek batch file would be as follows: NOTE: You must not invoke a watchdog program to check for carrier as this will reboot your machine during the callback process. echo Please Standby....... > com1 cd userchek userchek 1 cd.. Line#1 of this file will send a message to the caller to please standby. Change the comm port if applicable. Line #2 points to the userchek directory to run the userchek program. Line#3 invokes the userchek program for the specific node. Line #4 get us back to the rbbs subdirectory to give control back to rbbs. You can run Userchek and NOT have it check for carrier by using the word LOCAL on the command line when starting it up. During normal operation, the word local is not used. You can provide caller security checking in the form of lower, equal, and more than required for callback. When rbbs passes control to userchek for callback, the userchek.def file has the newusers security level to be verified. If the callers security level is lower than callback level, the caller must not have done something you wanted him to. On my board, the caller must fill out the newuser questionnaire. If the caller comes to userchek with the proper security level, he is passed to the callback program to be verified. If the callers security level is more than the newuser callback level, you must now want the caller verified and they will be passed back to rbbs with the higher security level. 5.0 Installation Summary: ------------------------ I had to change my old user's security level to something less than 9 so that rbbs would run them thru the callback door. This might be the most time consuming part of this project. TYPICAL OPERATION: 1. Caller logs on BBS. If security level is below level set for verification, rbbs asks users if they want to register. If they do, rbbs asks them to do newuser questionnaire. After questionairre, rbbs exits rbbs to the userchek program. 2. After userchek takes over, it gives users the necessary inform- ation in order to complete the registration callback. 3. The callback routine generates a random 5 digit number. The caller is asked to write this number down and remember it. Then the users screen is erased and they are asked to key in the 5 digit number in again. If successful up to this point, the callback door disconnects the user and attemplts to call back. 4. If the connection is established, the callback routine asks the user to enter the 5 digit number. If the numbers match, the callback routine gives control back to rbbs and the users sec level is raised to the level specified in the program init part. 6.0 Registration ---------------- If you register your copy of userchek, I will send you via U.S. MAIL any and all improvements and fixes as they are implimented. Full registration for userchek is $25.00 per bbs. If you send me $10.00, I will send you the latest version as of the day I receive your request. 7.0 Help -------- I have a 24 hour bbs online. If you have comments or questions give us a call. 8.0 Multi-user Operation ------------------------ In order to run this door multiuser, one must set up a usrchk?.def for each node to be accessed by userchek. For Instance, node 1's def file would be usrchk1.def and node 2's def file would be usrchk2.def. Specify the dorinfo1 or dorinfo2 file as appropriate. 8.0 Desqview support -------------------- There has been requests for userchek to behave better when used in the Desqview environment. Well, I have done just that by way of an option that can be used on the command line when invoking the program. Typical usage would be as follow: C:\>Userchek 1 DV The above command line would ask userchek to use com port 1 and also display information so that Desqview could redirect it.