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access:flags [2013/10/03 02:38] – created digital manaccess:flags [2013/10/03 02:48] (current) – [Flags] digital man
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 ====== Flags ====== ====== Flags ======
-Security flags (or access flags) are like keys which the sysop can choose to give to specific users or groups of users and then require a user to posess one or more flags to access specific areas or features of the BBS (like placing a lock or locks on specific areas or features).+Security flags (or access flags) are like keys which the sysop can choose to give to specific users or groups of users and then require a user to possess one or more flags to access specific areas or features of the BBS (like placing a lock or locks on specific areas or features).
  
 Flags have no pre-defined meaning or usage and are available solely for the definition of the sysop. Flags have no pre-defined meaning or usage and are available solely for the definition of the sysop.
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 There are 4 flag groups (flags sets 1, 2, 3, and 4) and within each flag set are 26 flags identified with the alphabetic characters A through Z, for a total of 104 flags. So a specific flag in a specific group is usually referred to like ''FLAG 1A'', meaning flag 'A' from set #1. There are 4 flag groups (flags sets 1, 2, 3, and 4) and within each flag set are 26 flags identified with the alphabetic characters A through Z, for a total of 104 flags. So a specific flag in a specific group is usually referred to like ''FLAG 1A'', meaning flag 'A' from set #1.
  
 +For convenience, a sysop can modify their ''[[dir:text]]/menu/flags*.asc'' file(s) to document which flags have been allocated for what security purposes. These menu files can be displayed in the online user editor.
 ===== See Also ===== ===== See Also =====
   * [[:access:|Access Control]]   * [[:access:|Access Control]]
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