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COMMAND ACCESS LEVELS
Searchlight BBS version 1.75 introduces a new configuration option that
allows you to define minimum access levels for all 24 commands on the Main
menu and all 22 commands on the Files menu. Command access levels work in
conjunction with user BBS and files access levels, and allow you to
restrict the use of individual commands to users who have a certain access
level.
Command access levels can be changed by selection Option #8 on the
CONFIG program main menu. Select the desired command from the submenu
choices, then enter a number from 0 to 255 to define an access level for
each command. Once access levels for commands have been set, only users
who have an access level equal to or greater than the level associated with
a particular command will have the ability to use that command. Other
users will not see that command on the menu and will not be able to execute
it.
By default, all command access levels are set to 0, except for the
1-Subop and 2-Sysop commands on the main menu and the Copy and 2-Sysop
commands on the Files menu, which are initialized to a value of 254.
However, the 1-Subop command is still accessable to users who are desig
nated as SubSysops of a particular message subboard, regardless of their
access level. Note that it is now possible to make the 1-Subop, 2-Sysop,
and Copy commands available to non-sysop users by lowering the command
access levels associated with these commands (most people will, of course,
want to continue to restrict these commands to sysops only).
Command access levels are useful for restricting or completely shutting
off options on a command-by-command basis. For example, in Searchlight BBS
version 1.74, the Quotes command will not display quotes if user quoting is
turned off (via the CONFIG program switch). In version 1.75, this
restriction is removed, and Quotes will operate regardless of whether
quoting is enabled. Those who wish to have the Quotes command unavailable
to their users may do so by assigning a command access level of 255 to the
Quotes command (thus making it available only to the Sysop user).
Please note that although access levels for all commands can be
changed, there are some commands for which changing the access level
doesn't make sense (for example, if you gave the Goodbye command an access
level of 255, you would make it impossible for users to log off!). It is
up to you to make sure that reasonable access levels are assigned, so use
this facility with care.