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access:index [2022/02/19 10:35] – Migrated section 2.10 from old docs (create sysop/guest). Need to confirm a couple things and consolidate Guest creation info. Andreaccess: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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 real name or a handle instead. Synchronet automatically treats the alias of real name or a handle instead. Synchronet automatically treats the alias of
 Sysop specially and forwards any mail received for "Sysop" to user #1. 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.
 +
  
 ==== Guest ==== ==== Guest ====
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 === Guest Account Creation === === Guest Account Creation ===
  
-By default, if no ''Guest'' account exists, the sysop (user with [[level]] 99) FIXME only 99? or user#1? Each time they login? FIXME will be asked during logon to the [[server:Terminal]] server if 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''
  
-FIXME Still true? below FIXME +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.
-The sysop account's Security Flag 4G is used by the default logon module +
-(exec/logon.js) to determine whether or not to prompt the sysop to create the +
-Guest account.  If you answered "No" to the create Guest and "Ask again later?" +
-prompts, you can either run the makeguest.js module manually, or restore the 4G +
-security flag to the sysop account to be prompted during the next logon.+
  
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