<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <HTML> <!-- $Id: files.html,v 1.8 2005/08/11 21:10:03 mbse Exp $ --> <HEAD> <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <META http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> <META NAME="Language" content='en'> <META name="author" lang="en" content="Michiel Broek"> <META name="copyright" lang="en" content="Copyright Michiel Broek"> <META name="description" lang="en" content="MBSE BBS Manual"> <META name="keywords" lang="en" content="MBSE BBS, MBSE, BBS, manual, fido, fidonet, gateway, tosser, mail, tic, mailer"> <TITLE>MBSE BBS Setup - BBS Setup - File Areas.</TITLE> <LINK rel=stylesheet HREF="../manual.css"> </HEAD> <BODY> <BLOCKQUOTE> <div align='right'><h5>Last update 11-Aug-2005</h5></div> <div align='center'><H1>MBSE BBS Setup - BBS Setup - File Areas.</H1></div> <H3>File Areas introduction.</H3> <P> This is the setup for the file areas in which users can up and download files. This database has fixed area numbers, the database can't be packed. Extending the database is allways possible. One important note, before you can set this up, you need to define the <A HREF="newgroups.html">newfiles groups</A>. <P> If you change the path in an existing area, all files in that area are automatic moved to the new location. <P> <p> <H3>File Areas Setup.</H3> <P> <pre> <strong>Area Name </strong>The area name. <strong>Path </strong>The full path to the file area. <strong>Down Sec. </strong>The download security level. <strong>Upl. Sec. </strong>The upload security level. <strong>List Sec. </strong>The security level to list the files in this area. <strong>Available </strong>If this area is available. If you make an available area unavailable the area is checked if there are downloadable files in that area. If so, you can't remove the area. If there are none you will be asked if you are sure. After the area is made unavailable, the record is filled with reasonable default values. <strong>Check New </strong>Check this area for new files if a user logs in. <strong>Dupecheck </strong>Check this area for duplicates if a user uploads a file. <strong>Free area </strong>If all files in this area are free. <strong>Direct DL </strong>Allow direct download from this area. <strong>Pwd upl. </strong>Allow users to password protect their uploads. <strong>Filefind </strong>Search in this area for filefind requests. <strong>Add alpha </strong>Add .tic files alphabetic sorted or at the bottom of the list. <strong>File req. </strong>Allow File Request from this area. <strong>BBS group </strong>Not in use yet. <strong>New group </strong>New files announce group. See <A HREF="newgroups.html">Newfiles groups</A> for more info. <strong>Min. age </strong>Minimum user age to access this area. <strong>Password </strong>The password for this area. If blank, no password is needed. <strong>DL days </strong>How long must a file not been downloaded to (re)move it. <strong>FD days </strong>How old must a file be to be (re)moved. <strong>Move area </strong>The area to move the file to, if zero it is deleted. <strong>Archiver </strong>The archiver to use to repack the files with. <strong>Upload </strong>Alternate upload area. If a user uploads a file in this area, it will be placed in the alternate area. If the value is zero, the file will be placed in the current file area. On CD-rom areas you must not leave this zero unless you set the upload security level so high that nobody can upload in this area. </pre> <P> <IMG SRC="../images/files.png" alt='File areas setup'> <P> <A HREF="bbs.html"><IMG SRC="../images/larrow.png" ALT="Back" Border="0">Back to BBS index</A> <A HREF="./"><IMG SRC="../images/larrow.png" ALT="Back" Border="0">Back to index</A> <A HREF="../"><IMG SRC="../images/b_arrow.png" ALT="Home" Border="0">Back to main index</A> </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML>