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<h5>Last update 06-Jun-2001</h5>
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<h1>MBSE BBS Programs.</h1>
<ol>
<li><A HREF="import.html">import, Import databases</A>
<li><A HREF="mbaff.html">mbaff, Announce newfiles and filefind</A>
<li><A HREF="mball.html">mball, Allfiles and newfiles list creator</A>
<li><A HREF="mbchat.html">mbchat, Sysop to user chat utility</A>
<li><A HREF="mbcico.html">mbcico, The Fidonet mailer ala ifcico</A>
<li><A HREF="mbdiff.html">mbdiff, Nodelist difference processor</A>
<li><A HREF="mbfbgen.html">mbfbgen, FileBase Generator utility</A>
<li><A HREF="mbfido.html">mbfido, Fidonet mail and files procesor</A>
<li><A HREF="mbfile.html">mbfile, Files database maintenance program</A>
<li><A HREF="mbindex.html">mbindex, Nodelist index compiler</A>
<li><A HREF="mblang.html">mblang, Language datafile compiler</A>
<li><A HREF="mbmon.html">mbmon, The monitor program</A>
<li><A HREF="mbmsg.html">mbmsg, The messagebase utility program</A>
<li><A HREF="mbout.html">mbout, The mailer outbound program</A>
<li><A HREF="mbpasswd.html">mbpasswd, The passwd wrapper</A>
<li><A HREF="mbsebbs.html">mbsebbs, The bbs program</A>
<li><A HREF="mbseq.html">mbseq, Sequence number creator</A>
<li><A HREF="mbsetup.html">mbsetup, The setup program</A>
<li><A HREF="mbstat.html">mbstat, The bbs status change program</A>
<li><A HREF="mbtoberep.html">mbtoberep, The toberep.data lister</A>
<li><A HREF="mbuser.html">mbuser, The userbase maintenance program</A>
<li><A HREF="mbuseradd.html">mbuseradd, The adduser wrapper</A>
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<h5>Last update 07-Jan-2002</h5>
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<h1>MBSE BBS Programs.</h1>
<ol>
<li><A HREF="import.html">import, Import databases</A>
<li><A HREF="mbaff.html">mbaff, Announce newfiles and filefind</A>
<li><A HREF="mball.html">mball, Allfiles and newfiles list creator</A>
<li><A HREF="mbchat.html">mbchat, Sysop to user chat utility</A>
<li><A HREF="mbcico.html">mbcico, The Fidonet mailer ala ifcico</A>
<li><A HREF="mbdiff.html">mbdiff, Nodelist difference processor</A>
<li><A HREF="mbfbgen.html">mbfbgen, FileBase Generator utility</A>
<li><A HREF="mbfido.html">mbfido, Fidonet mail and files procesor</A>
<li><A HREF="mbfile.html">mbfile, Files database maintenance program</A>
<li><A HREF="mbindex.html">mbindex, Nodelist index compiler</A>
<li><A HREF="mblang.html">mblang, Language datafile compiler</A>
<li><A HREF="mblogin.html">mblogin, Unix login replacement</A>
<li><A HREF="mbmon.html">mbmon, The monitor program</A>
<li><A HREF="mbmsg.html">mbmsg, The messagebase utility program</A>
<li><A HREF="mbout.html">mbout, The mailer outbound program</A>
<li><A HREF="mbpasswd.html">mbpasswd, The passwd wrapper</A>
<li><A HREF="mbsebbs.html">mbsebbs, The bbs program</A>
<li><A HREF="mbseq.html">mbseq, Sequence number creator</A>
<li><A HREF="mbsetup.html">mbsetup, The setup program</A>
<li><A HREF="mbstat.html">mbstat, The bbs status change program</A>
<li><A HREF="mbtoberep.html">mbtoberep, The toberep.data lister</A>
<li><A HREF="mbuser.html">mbuser, The userbase maintenance program</A>
<li><A HREF="mbuseradd.html">mbuseradd, The adduser wrapper</A>
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<h5>Last update 07-Jan-2002</h5>
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<H1>mblogin - Unix login replacement for MBSE BBS.</H1>
<P>
<H3>Synopsis.</H3>
<P>
<code><strong>mblogin</strong> [-p] [-h hostname] [user]</code>
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<H3>Description.</H3>
<P>
<strong>mblogin</strong> replaces the standard Unix login program for MBSE BBS.
You can use this program from <strong>mgetty</strong> for modem/ISDN access,
or from <strong>inetd</strong> to allow telnet access.
This program logs in the systems syslog facility because the normal login
program does this too. It uses the file <code>/opt/mbse/etc/login.defs</code>
for the behaviour you prefere. All options in this file are well commented. It uses
the bbs user database to see who are allowed to login. Users can use their
Fidonet name, Unix name or Handle. If the name is found in the userbase, the
name is replaced with the real Unix name to do the password check and to start
the <strong>mbsebbs</strong> program. If the user is not found in the user base,
the user is asked if he wants to register as a new user. This behaviour can be
turned off. If the user uses the name <strong>bbs</strong> he will start the
<strong>mbnewusr</strong> program directly. All other users are not allowed to
login, not even root. If you change it in the file
<code>/opt/mbse/etc/login.defs</code> you may allow user <strong>mbse</strong>
to login. I advice against it, you should use <strong>ssh</strong> if you want
remote access to do maintenance.
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<h5>Last update 31-Jan-2001</h5>
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<H1>mbpasswd - The password wrapper.</H1>
<P>
<H3>Synopsis.</h3>
<P>
<code><strong>mbpasswd</strong> [-opt] [username] [password]</code>
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<H3>Description.</h3>
<P>
<strong>mbpasswd</strong> is the wrapper for the <strong>passwd</strong> program
is present on all Linux systems. To use <b>passwd</b> to change the password of
another user is only allowed by <b>root</b>. The mbpasswd program overcomes this limitation.
The wrapper <b>mbpasswd</b> is run from the bbs by user <b>mbse</b> when an ordinary
user is logged in the bbs. The program is called when a new user logs in the bbs or
when an existing user changes his password. His password under Unix is then always the same as his
password in the bbs program. This is necessary for the user to be able to get
his email using the pop3 protocol.<P>
You never need to run <strong>mbpasswd</strong> by hand, in fact it is protected so that only
members of group <b>bbs</b> are allowed to use it.
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<H3>Environment.</H3>
<P>
<strong>mbpasswd</strong> must be installed setuid root and setgid root, ls -la looks like this:<br>
<pre>
-rws--s--x 1 root root 6644 Jun 26 21:23 /opt/mbse/bin/mbpasswd*
</pre>
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<H3>Commands.</H3>
<P>
<code><strong>mbpasswd</strong> [-opt] [username] [password]</code> for example:<br>
<pre>
mbpasswd -f michiel secret
</pre>
Valid options are <strong>-f</strong> (forced), this will also change locked passwords,
this has only effect if your system uses shadow passwords. If you use
<strong>-n</strong> as option, locked passwords cannot be changed. For a new user the
<b>-f</b> option is used by <b>mbsebbs</b>, when a user changes his own password the
<b>-n</b> option is used.
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<h5>Last update 07-Jan-2002</h5>
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<H1>mbpasswd - The password wrapper.</H1>
<P>
<H3>Synopsis.</h3>
<P>
<code><strong>mbpasswd</strong> [-opt] [username] [password]</code>
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<H3>Description.</h3>
<P>
<strong>mbpasswd</strong> is the wrapper for the <strong>passwd</strong> program
is present on all Linux systems. To use <b>passwd</b> to change the password of
another user is only allowed by <b>root</b>. The mbpasswd program overcomes this limitation.
The wrapper <b>mbpasswd</b> is run from the bbs by user <b>mbse</b> when a new
user is being registered to set his password. It can also be started from the
bbs when an existing user changes his password. If you as sysop use
<strong>mbsetup</strong> to change a users password it will be used too.
His password under Unix is then always the same as his password in the bbs program.
This is necessary for the user to be able to get his email using the pop3 protocol.<P>
You never need to run <strong>mbpasswd</strong> by hand, in fact it is protected so that only
members of group <b>bbs</b> are allowed to use it. User <b>mbse</b> can use thsi
program and if you do, the password for a user are not in sync anymore.
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<H3>Environment.</H3>
<P>
<strong>mbpasswd</strong> must be installed setuid root and setgid root, ls -la looks like this:<br>
<pre>
-rws--s--x 1 root root 6644 Jun 26 21:23 /opt/mbse/bin/mbpasswd*
</pre>
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<H3>Commands.</H3>
<P>
<code><strong>mbpasswd</strong> [-opt] [username] [password]</code> for example:<br>
<pre>
mbpasswd -f michiel secret
</pre>
Valid options are <strong>-f</strong> (forced), this will also change locked passwords,
this has only effect if your system uses shadow passwords. This is used for new
users or from the <b>mbsetup</b> program to reset users passwords.<br>
If you use <strong>-n</strong> as option, locked passwords cannot be changed.
This mode is used when a user changes his password from the bbs.
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