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access:index [2021/01/18 20:23] – [Creating and Editing User Accounts] Add link to makeguest module digital manaccess:index [2026/03/22 18:23] (current) – [Sysop] Add some text from the old sysop manual (sysop_commands.html) about sysop levels, multiple sysops per BBS digital man
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 There are multiple methods available for creating and editing user accounts: There are multiple methods available for creating and editing user accounts:
 +  * By calling or connecting to the BBS and selecting "New" at the Login prompt
   * [[module:makeuser]] module (user creation only)   * [[module:makeuser]] module (user creation only)
   * [[module:makeguest]] module (Guest account creation only)   * [[module:makeguest]] module (Guest account creation only)
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   * "UEDIT" sysop command, available while logged-in to the [[server:Terminal]] server as an operator of the system (sysop)   * "UEDIT" sysop command, available while logged-in to the [[server:Terminal]] server as an operator of the system (sysop)
       * e.g. '';uedit'' command from the main menu of the default command shell       * e.g. '';uedit'' command from the main menu of the default command shell
 +
 +==== Sysop ====
 +
 +The first user account created when connected to the [[server:Terminal]] server will automatically be given Sysop-level access (i.e., Security level 90, all flags and all exemptions).
 +
 +For this reason, the System Password is prompted for (with the SY: prompt)
 +during the first new user creation process.
 +
 +The sysop account is traditionally the first user record in the database
 +(i.e., user #1). This user account should not have the alias of "Sysop" - use your
 +real name or a handle instead. Synchronet automatically treats the alias of
 +Sysop specially and forwards any mail received for "Sysop" to user #1.
 +
 +There is usually one sysop (System Operator) per BBS - the owner and operator
 +of the hardware which Synchronet is running on and accepting remote users.
 +Quite often systems require more than one sysop and Synchronet is flexible in
 +this respect. Within Synchronet, a sysop is defined as any user with a security
 +level of 90 or above. Any user that qualifies as a sysop, will be prompted to enter
 +the //system password// during login and/or when invoking a sysop function. Users with
 +sysop access can cause serious damage to the system, so give out this ability with
 +caution.
 +
 +=== Multiple Sysops ===
 +As stated above, any user with a security level of 90 or greater can perform
 +sysop functions, "So why have levels 91-99?" you might wonder. Well, you
 +can still restrict a user with sysop access from accessing BBS functions areas (e.g. Message Groups or
 +Sub-boards or File Libraries or Directories) by setting the minimum required
 +security level above that user's level. For example: If you have a sysop with a
 +security level of 90, you can still have a Message Group or Sub-board with a
 +minimum required level of 91. Now this sysop will not be able to access
 +that Group or Sub-board. While it is true that sysops can edit their own
 +and subordinate user's accounts, they can not edit a sysop of higher level's
 +account (when calling remotely). A sysop can't raise any user's level
 +above their own, or add flags or exemptions that they themselves don't already have.
  
  
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 === Guest Account Creation === === Guest Account Creation ===
  
-By default, if no ''Guest'' account exists, the sysop (user with [[level]] 99) will be asked during logon to the [[server:Terminal]] server whether they wish to create the ''Guest'' account at that time. If the sysop answers ''Yes'', the [[:module:makeguest]] [[:custom:JavaScript]] module will be executed to create the ''Guest'' account with the recommended access controls:+When a sysop with [[access:level|Security Level]] 99 logs into the [[server:Terminal]] server, they will be asked to create a Guest account if the following conditions are met: 
 + 
 +  * Sysop's [[access:level|Security Level]] is 99 
 +  * ''Guest'' user does not already exist 
 +  * Sysop has not already been asked and said ''No'' and to not be asked again 
 + 
 +If the sysop answers ''Yes'', the [[:module:makeguest]] [[:custom:JavaScript]] module will be executed to create the ''Guest'' account with the recommended access controls:
  
   * [[Restrictions]]: ''G, K, P, M, W, R, C''   * [[Restrictions]]: ''G, K, P, M, W, R, C''
   * [[Exemptions]]: ''G, L, P, T''   * [[Exemptions]]: ''G, L, P, T''
 +
 +If you answered ''No'' to both the "create Guest?" and "Ask again later?" prompts, you will need to run the makeguest.js module manually if you wish to create a ''Guest'' account.
  
 ===== See Also ===== ===== See Also =====

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