Alan Hess wrote in a message to all:
AH> I'm trying to set up a few message areas to allow specific users to
AH> enter them.  Apparently, I can do this using barricade, but I have
AH> not been able to get it to work (I have RTFM.)  Any assistance would
AH> be appreciated.  Thanks.  *adh* 
 There are a couple of ways to do it...  here's one:
 Set a key for the areas you want to barricade, example:
 MsgArea AS2
 ACS      Normal/M
 Thusly, only users with Normal or higher access AND the key M
 will even see that message area.  Run Silt or Siltp, of course....
 Then give that key to each of the users you wish to enter that area.
 You can assign multiple keys and come up with all sorts of custom
 access levels -i.e. let them in only if they have M and Z or whatever.
 The only limit is the number of free keys you have left.
 Another way is to use the barricade access files, with or without
 passwords.  Keys work for me, though, and it's easier to setup.  YMMV.
 For an automatic password barricade, set a line like this in the echos
 you are controlling:
 Msgarea (whatever)
 ACS (whatever)
 Barricade  Barrier.acs  <--points to a filename
 (rest of msgarea stuff here)
 End Msgarea
 Barrier.acs might look like this:
 !Joe_User          Worthy
 !Robby_Dittmann    Worthy
 !Patrick_McCullough   Sysop
 !All                  NoAccess
 Meaning Joe User and Robby get Worthy access, I get Sysop, and everyone
 else can't see it.  Same as the key works, the difference being keys
 can be turned on and off from the user editor.  You'd have to manually
 edit the barrier.acs file each time you make a change.
 Hope this helps!
 (Thanks to Robby for explaining this to me a while back :)
 Patrick
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