RT> I think it currently is configurable, but maximus 
 RT> has a lot of *.ctl files 
 RT> where you would have to do a lot of editing, and if 
 RT> you mioss an instance in 
 RT> there, you might take a while to find where it is, afterwards.
 
The only stuff that cares about the maximus user is the operating system.
As long as you start the BBS as that user (see my sample inittab), and that
user has write access to the PREFIX directory hierarchy, you're good to go.
 
Wes

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