Access Requirements

ARS stands for Access Requirement Strings. Access requirement strings are used to specify the requirements of a user to have access to features/sections of a Synchronet BBS. The string can consist entirely of English keywords and numbers or use short-hand symbols to fit a large number of security requirements into the limited space allowed for access requirement strings. Short-hand symbols and key words may be used interchangeably and combined in the same string. For clarity, it is suggested you use the keywords whenever possible. The string syntax is as follows:

usage: [not] [parm] [not] [equal] <value> [or] [and] [...]

where: not      is the word "NOT" or the symbol '!' to specify reverse logic
       parm     is one of any keywords (or short-hand symbols) that specifies
                a specific required parameter (default is LEVEL)
       equal    is the word "EQUAL", "EQUALS", the words "EQUAL TO", or the
                symbol '=' to specify exact equality required
       value    the required value (for either minimum requirement or equality)
       or       the word "OR" or the symbol '|' used to specify that ANY of two
                or more parameter values MAY be met to match the requirement
       and      the word "AND" or the symbol '&' may be used for clarity in
                reading when specifying that two or more parameter values MUST
                be met to match the requirement

Boolean parameters are evaluated as true or false without any specified value for comparison.

AGE $A User's age (years since birthdate, 0-255) BPS $B User's current connect rate (bps) CREDIT $C User's number of credits in Kilobytes (0-65535) DAY $W Day of the week (Sun, Mon, Tue, etc. or 0-6) DIR $J Current file directory (Internal code or 1-65535) EXEMPT $X Exemption flag (A-Z) EXPIRE $E Days till user account expires (0-65535) FILE_CMDS Number of executed file menu commands (0-65535) FLAG $F User's flag (1-4) and (A-Z) GROUP $M Current message group (1-65535) LASTON $Y Days since last logon (0-65535) LEVEL $L User's level (0-99) LIB $I Current file library (1-65535) LOCAL $G Logged on locally (no value argument) MAIN_CMDS Number of executed main menu commands (0-65535) NODE $N Current node (1-250) PCR $P User's post/call ratio (0-100) RANDOM $Q Random number between 0 and value argument (0-65535) REST $Z Restriction flag (A-Z) SEX $S User's sex/gender (M or F) SUB $H Current message sub-board (Internal code or 1-65535) TIME $T Time of day (HH:MM, 0-23:59) TLEFT $R User's time left online (minutes, 0-255) TUSED $O User's time online this call (minutes, 0-255) UDR $K User's upload/download ratio (0-100) UDFR $D User's upload/download file ratio (0-100) USER $U User's number (1-xxxx)

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