2002-02-17 13:24:26 +00:00
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<META name="author" lang="en" content="Michiel Broek">
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<TITLE>MBSE BBS Programs - mbuser - User Database Maintenance.</TITLE>
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<h5>Last update 02-Feb-2001</h5>
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<H1>mbuser - User Database Maintenance</H1>
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<H3>Sysnopsis.</H3>
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<code><strong>mbuser</strong> [commands] <options></code>
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<H3>Description.</H3>
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<strong>mbuser</strong> is the user database maintenance program. It can delete
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users upto a certain level who have not called for a number of days. It can
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also pack the user database. This is not really a pack of the database, the
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deleted records are zeroed but the database is never shrinked. Every user
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once in this database will keep his record forever. This is to be sure that
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all LastRead Pointers will be correct. Records that are zeroed can be
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reused for new users. <strong>mbuser</strong> must run setuid root and
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setgid root because it executes /usr/sbin/userdel to delete the Unix account
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of the user that is removed from the bbs.
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<H3>Environment.</H3>
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In order to run <strong>mbuser</strong> you must set the global variable
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<strong>$MBSE_ROOT</strong>. This variable must point to the root directory
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of the bbs structure. The main configuration file <strong>config.data</strong>
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must be present in the ~/etc directory. <strong>mbuser</strong> must be
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installed setuid root and setgid root, ls -la looks like this:<br>
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-rws--s--x 1 root root 23560 Jun 19 19:50 /opt/mbse/bin/mbuser*
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</pre>
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<H3>Commands.</H3>
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<code><strong>mbuser</strong> kill [n] [l]</code> will mark users to delete who have not
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called in <strong>n</strong> days upto and including level <strong>l</strong>.
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<code><strong>mbuser</strong> pack</code> will delete (zero) the users marked for deletion.
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You should also run this command if you marked users to delete with
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<strong>mbsetup</strong>.
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<H3>Options.</H3>
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<code><strong>mbuser</strong> [command] -quiet</code> will suppress screen output, this is
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for running <strong>mbuser</strong> in the background or from the crontab.
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