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- SYSOP.DOC
-
- Citadel can be thought of as having 3 levels to it: the Peon
- level (normal users), the Aide level (people with special privileges),
- and the Sysop level. They are differentiated, of course, by what
- they can do to a Citadel system.
-
- What normal users can do is decided by the Sysop's policy
- decisions in CTDLCNFG.SYS.
-
- Aides have 4 commands available to them that is not available to
- the normal users. These are accessed thru the command ".Aide <cmd>",
- and they are:
-
- [D]elete empty rooms
- [E]dit current room
- [I]nsert pulled message
- [K]ill current room
-
-
- These are detailed in AIDE.HLP. Details on how to make a normal
- user into an aide and vice versa are below. Aide functions may be
- used from either a remote location or from the system console.
-
- The Sysop(s)' functions differ from the Aide functions in that
- they may be used ONLY from the System Console, and in that the Sysop
- does NOT have to be logged in if s/he does not wish to be to perform
- these special functions. In fact, somebody else can be logged in.
-
- To perform Sysop functions, first ensure that Citadel is in
- CONSOLE mode. If you are in MODEM mode, hit the ESC. If somebody is
- on from remote, interrupt him/her only at the room prompts. Once in
- CONSOLE mode, push a CTRL L (control key and L key simultaneously);
- Citadel should then print 'privileged cmd: ' or somesuch. You now
- have access to Sysop special functions.
-
- With the exception of [S]et date below, none of these are
- accessible to the Aides or anyone else.
-
-
- Privileged sysop functions:
-
- [B]aud selection
- [C]hat toggle
- [D]ebug switch
- [E]cho to screen switch
- [F]ile grab
- [I]nformation
- [K]ill account
- [M]ODEM mode
- [N]etwork commands
- [O]ther commands
- [P]rivilege switch (aide)
- [Q]uit citadel.
- [R]einitialize Modem
- [S]et date
- [T]elephone call
- e[X]it sysop menu.
- [Y]- Show time til next event.
-
-
- [A]bort or e[X]it are one (of 3) way out of the Sysop command
- menu. Abort puts you back into -CONSOLE- mode.
-
- The [C]hat switch is a toggle switch that will either tell users
- that you are not around, or will ring the Console's bell to call you.
-
- The [D]ebug switch is for use when debugging Citadel. It's of
- no use for normal Citadel installations.
-
- To destroy a person's account on a Citadel system, use the [K]ill
- Account command. You will be asked for a name; if Citadel finds a
- user by that name, then it'll ask for confirmation.
-
- [M]odem mode is the second way to exit the Sysop command menu.
- It leaves Citadel in -MODEM- mode.
-
- The [P]rivilege switch is how you assign and take away Aide
- privileges from people. Citadel, when this option is selected, will
- ask for a name. If it finds who you specify, it will print out what
- toggling this person's aide switch will do, and then ask you to
- confirm if that's what you want to do with that person.
-
- [S]et date allows you to set the date and time. This data will
- be used to set the GEMDOS clock.
-
- The [V]isible is another debug switch, not used by normal
- Citadel installations.
-
- The [T]elephone command is a way to use Citadel as a modem
- program -- it will ask you for a system name and if it finds that
- system name on your network list it will call it and drop into Chat
- mode.
-
- [Q]uit is the 3rd and last way to exit the Sysop cmd menu. This
- folds Citadel up and returns you to GEMDOS.
-