Is there a way to make a specific echo area private from general mail users? I host micronet and there is one echo meant only for mail hubs and somehow a user was able to add it using areafix, I mean I know how they did it, but is there a flag or something in hpt that would prevent users without auth adding that echo?
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Re: Private area
By: Rick Smith to All on Sat Jun 17 2023 10:26 am
Is there a way to make a specific echo area private from general
mail users? I host micronet and there is one echo meant only for
mail hubs and somehow a user was able to add it using areafix, I
mean I know how they did it, but is there a flag or something in
hpt that would prevent users without auth adding that echo?
Yes, "levels" will help you with that. (lr and lw - read/write respectively)
Set your nodes at one level, and make the inaccessible areas a higher level.
Appreciate that Deon, I was reading that as well.. So on the one line in areas_micronet for that particular echo meant for hubs only I put -lr 50 -lr 50 and set all my downlinks to level 10, that should do it? I also put hide in that line I believe that will hide it from %LIST areafix requests?
| Sysop: | Gate Keeper |
|---|---|
| Location: | Shelby, NC |
| Users: | 785 |
| Nodes: | 20 (0 / 20) |
| Uptime: | 212:46:02 |
| Calls: | 11,917 |
| Calls today: | 3 |
| Files: | 5,294 |
| D/L today: |
65 files (53,361K bytes) |
| Messages: | 553,389 |