Re: duplicate name
By: Digital Man to Mojo on Sat Jul 01 2017 11:43 am

If all real names are rejected, then I would look at any changes you made to the text/name.can or ctrl/alias.cfg files.

Ok, I found where the problem was by taking everything out of the name.can. Now I am going to add the stuff back in slowly until I can figure out what one of the things that was in there caused this to happen.


So I wanted to let you know that I have gotten past that problem. Now I just want to know what one of the things caused it al to happen like this.

Thanks for your time and help Digital Man
Mojo

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Mark,

you let guest visitors play games? we allow them to look at the scores but t ML>can't play games... if they want to play a game, they have to register on th ML>BBS like everyone else... the potential for cheating is just too much...

The only doors they access are "information" or "entertainment". They
can NOT access ANY doors that involve scoring.

I agree with you, if they want to play the game doors, they have to
apply for access like everyone else...because the deal on cheating is
too much. Plus, if a Guest were to play a door that has a certain number
of turns in a day, the next "Guest" would be "locked out" of it until
after nightly maintenance.

But, some of the information doors won't let the user in, if they only
have a "one word name/alias"...such as "Guest". That's why I had to
CHANGE it to GUEST USER. I see a bunch of folks try to logon in several
ways with just GUEST, and they get the message "Unknown User"...and they
may think I don't have a GUEST account (some BBS's do not).

Daryl

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On 2017 Jul 02 21:30:00, you wrote to me:

But, some of the information doors won't let the user in, if they only have a "one word name/alias"...such as "Guest". That's why I had to
CHANGE it to GUEST USER. I see a bunch of folks try to logon in
several ways with just GUEST, and they get the message "Unknown User"...and they may think I don't have a GUEST account (some BBS's do not).

can't you have GUEST USER as the real name and GUEST as the alias? either one should let them in and satisfy those info doors that want two word names...

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Re: Guests And Doors
By: Daryl Stout to MARK LEWIS on Sun Jul 02 2017 09:30 pm

Mark,

you let guest visitors play games? we allow them to look at the scores but t ML>can't play games... if they want to play a game, they have to register on th ML>BBS like everyone else... the potential for cheating is just too much...

The only doors they access are "information" or "entertainment". They
can NOT access ANY doors that involve scoring.

I agree with you, if they want to play the game doors, they have to
apply for access like everyone else...because the deal on cheating is
too much. Plus, if a Guest were to play a door that has a certain number
of turns in a day, the next "Guest" would be "locked out" of it until
after nightly maintenance.

But, some of the information doors won't let the user in, if they only have a "one word name/alias"...such as "Guest". That's why I had to
CHANGE it to GUEST USER. I see a bunch of folks try to logon in several
ways with just GUEST, and they get the message "Unknown User"...and they
may think I don't have a GUEST account (some BBS's do not).

A simpler solution:

1. Set the Guest's real name to "Guest User".
2. Re-select the "Drop File Type" for the door's in question in SCFG and select "Yes" in answer to the "Use Real Names" prompt.

digital man

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Mark,

can't you have GUEST USER as the real name and GUEST as the alias? either on ML>should let them in and satisfy those info doors that want two word names...

I tried that, and it didn't work...but can retry the setup. I don't
know if there's an option in Synchronet to "require real names" in the
doors.

I mainly use DOOR.SYS and DORINFO1.DEF dropfiles, unless it's the
Synchronet XTRN.DAT dropfile that's needed.

Daryl

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Rob,

A simpler solution:

1. Set the Guest's real name to "Guest User".
2. Re-select the "Drop File Type" for the door's in question in SCFG and sel DM>"Yes" in answer to the "Use Real Names" prompt.

That works much better. I may just change all the doors to that, then
it'll show up that way. In some competitions/leagues, they do require
real names...just like some message networks.

Daryl

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Re: Guests And Doors
By: Daryl Stout to MARK LEWIS on Mon Jul 03 2017 19:59:00

I tried that, and it didn't work...but can retry the setup. I don't
know if there's an option in Synchronet to "require real names" in the doors.

there is.. when selecting the drop file it gives an option for "real names only".

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On 2017 Jul 03 19:59:00, you wrote to me:

can't you have GUEST USER as the real name and GUEST as the alias?
either on should let them in and satisfy those info doors that want
two word names...

I tried that, and it didn't work...but can retry the setup. I don't
know if there's an option in Synchronet to "require real names" in the doors.

i just read a post from DM saying that there is such an option...

I mainly use DOOR.SYS and DORINFO1.DEF dropfiles, unless it's the Synchronet XTRN.DAT dropfile that's needed.

i don't know if the option mentioned covers all drop files or not... i would expect it to, though... unless the option only shows up when certain drop files
are selected...

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Tim,

I tried that, and it didn't work...but can retry the setup. I don't
know if there's an option in Synchronet to "require real names" in the doors.

there is.. when selecting the drop file it gives an option for "real names K>only".

Digital Man told me about that, and so I changed ALL the doors to
that. This way, the user can keep their alias at logon...but real names
are posted in the message networks and on the doorgames. However, I
don't think a users equivalent real name shows up with the alias, but
I'm not sure. I know how some folks "want their privacy"...but in my
opinion, real names make for "accountability" with messages.

Daryl

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Mark,

i just read a post from DM saying that there is such an option...

i don't know if the option mentioned covers all drop files or not... i would ML>expect it to, though... unless the option only shows up when certain drop fi ML>are selected...

I saw that, and updated ALL the doors with that option.

Daryl

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