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Hello Bob Jones!

 GKA>> So is it just how to setup this flags as i now do it in this way
 GKA>> Style  Squish Conf Pub ReadOnly

 BJ> No.  If you have the user editor working, you will find the flags
 BJ> there to apply to the user.  Then you also need to apply the flag to
 BJ> each area where it is appropriate.

I could make some extra answers in a newuser file there ask the user about
he is node i some nets and ask him to type the node number and if the user
type no to the first net then jump to next nets.
When the user has type in his node number maximus then look into the
nodelist for checking it and if the name is find here the file set the
first key for the user and if more than one nets several keys is sets for
the user and each msg area has this keys so if it goes like this:
1. Is you a Starnet node (Yes/No) ?
   Your node number here :
2. Is you a Linuxnet node (Yes/No)
   Your node number :
3. Is your a STN node (Yes/No)
   Your node number :
4. Is you a Pascal-Net node (Yes/No)
   Your node number :
5. Is you a JustaXnet node (Yes/No)
   Your node number :
6. Is you a Rime node (Yes/No)
   Your node number :

And each answer of yes and by in typing the right node mumber will set the
keys for the user such as like all 6 has a Yes answer gives keys as 578CFG
+something other keys.
then could i in the msgs setup use divisions where it could be like each
nets msgarea starnet.* etc. and divison is starnet and the user is by the
question and his answer setup for the nets as starnet linuxnet stn etc. so
when he goes to the msg areas will see the msg from start of.

 BJ>> Maximus can have up to 32 (if I remember correctly) user flags
 BJ>> that can be used to limit what users have access to which areas.
 BJ>> I've been using that for some private areas.  I don't know if we
 BJ>> have tested this code in the Linux build.  I probably have...  I
 BJ>> just don't remember.

 GKA>> If wee in maximus login could have a check for asking
 GKA>> the user there login is your node in (some of this
 GKA>> nets)
 GKA>> and then comes a list of the nets one by one and the
 GKA>> user has to answer Yes/No to the net and type in his
 GKA>> mail nodenumber in the nets and when all done whill
 GKA>> the users answer have set some flags so he only will
 GKA>> se msgs for the nets he has answer yes to and by
 GKA>> number. This could then work so if the user is a new
 GKA>> node who like to getting mail by qwk he can be setup
 GKA>> to dl mail pack for the nets echo.

 BJ> Max by it self was not setup for this.  From max's perspective, the
 BJ> people uploading and downloading qwk packets are users of your BBS,
 BJ> not other nodes of a network....

I know it, and I could have write it better.

 GKA>>> Setting Maximus up with the msgareas special permissions!
 GKA>>> Can I in Maximus do it by setting permissions for
 GKA>>> nodes so that some nodes/users can see some echoes and
 GKA>>> read and write in them both as special user ad by qwk.
 GKA>>> Done so if a node in linuxnet stn pascal-net justaXnet
 GKA>>> can see the echos and have permission to bot read and
 GKA>>> write in those echoes.

 BJ> Settings are done by user and by message / file area.

 GKA>>> So it is done so the other echoes there not is fidonet
 GKA>>> echoes is hide and have only showing and permission if
 GKA>>> a user is a node in this nets.

 BJ> If you have two (or more) nets with members in one and not the other,
 BJ> then you will need to use the flags.  I may have to look up the
 BJ> correct term.  Ok...  Just looked at the user editor page.  I should
 BJ> be saying keys not flags.

In the msgarea.ctl file shall have made the nets Style and acs setup with
higher levels and keys and maybe use setup by divisions like:
MsgDivisionsBegin linuxnet     Demoted . DIVISIONS: Linuxnet
MsgArea sysops
    ACS     Demoted
    Desc     (LN) Sysop echo
    Style   Squish Conf Pub Pvt
    Tag     linuxnet.sysops
    Path    ........
End MsgArea
MsgArea chat
    ACS     Demoted
    .......
    etc.
End MsgArea
MsgDivisionsEnd

So when the user has the right keys setup for the nets and msgs he will
could see and use the msgs when he goes to msg section and the keys are set
to be make it the user just like to see the linuxnet echo he type linuxnet
and get all the echoes for linuxnet and not other echoes.

       Take care
        Gert Andersen

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