From: ferret@works.uucp (Dave Ferret)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: Administrative questions
Date: 5 Nov 92 20:06:48 GMT
Organization: The Works BBS - Informational Archives - Est. 1985

> Is there a way to increase the idle time before Waffle drops users out?
> How about for privileged users?
'timeout: ' line you can put in static in seconds...

> 
> When I post to newgroups (local or USENET), I see a message like 
> "EXTERN: rnews -ueric" and then something like "Article queued for outgoing
> newsfeed."  Indeed they do go out through the feed, but can I at least suppre
> the EXTERN messages?  I get the same for outgoing mail.  And while I'm on
> this question, can I also control the queueing messages?
You can add a qualifier to your local/usenet files in the default line of 
/HUSH which will not say 'queued for outgoing newsfeed'. I never get that 
EXTERN: problem... In fact I never even see that line... <sorry>

> 
> I heard the term "newuser.bat" once.  Is there such a feature?  How can I mak
> a default "/user/username/waffle" file with a command to display my menu?
 
You can make everyone run a commnad upon entering the board by adding a 
'login: <program>' in the extern/_SYSTEM file...

> 
> Do the files in /user/default get copied to new accounts?  If not, is there
> a way to do that?  Putting sig and mailsig files in /waffle/system helped sol
> part of the problem, but there are more things that I'd like to include.
> 
> What is the difference between an Access level and a Privilege level?
> How do these work together?  What must I put in /waffle/system/static to make
> sure that I'm not using any other magic numbers (like ranks) that complicate
> things even further?
Access is the required levels you set up in your message bases, and other 
board functions. This is the main way of choosing 'levels'. Currently 
Privileges are either 'yes' or 'no'.. Or rather Privilege levels of 0, 7, 
and 9 are used. 7 can validate people, 9 is sysop. 0 is normal user.

> 
> Most messages that get displayed during quick logoffs (boots, bye, too many
> calls, time expired, etc.) get cut off before they get out through the modem.
> In other words, the carrier is dropped before the data is out.  How can I
> solve this?  Is there a character to create a 'pause'?
Insertling a ^L will do that. 
> 
> I read in the FAQ that you can add /waffle/admin/inbox to get a copy of all
> incoming mail.  It didn't work.  Any ideas?
> 
> By far the biggest problem is that I can't get the "locked: 19200" line in
> STATIC to work.  I have a Trailblazer Plus set for hardware flow control, 
> but every time I put the lock line in, I get garbage when I log in, at least
> at 2400 baud (not sure about 19.2 k).  Can anyone give me explicit STATIC 
> lines and modem settings for that?
> 
> Probably related to that is a horrible symptom:  sometimes when I connect,
> Waffle just spews line after line of my ENTRY file as if I were holding
> down the return key.  I've been at the console when it happens, and even
> resetting the modem doesn't usually help.  This seems like a flow control 
> problem.  What do I do?  (It is intermittent.)
> 
> 
> For anyone who got all the way to the tail of this message, congratulations!
> If you want to make it worth your reading time, I would really appreciate
> hearing from a few knowledgeable people.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Eric


Dave Ferret (Sysop)                         Inquires to: merk!works!system
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