<HTML> <!-- $Id$ --> <HEAD> <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO 8859-1"> <META http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> <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 Programs - mbchat - the Sysop to user chat program.</TITLE> <LINK rel=stylesheet HREF="../manual.css"> </HEAD> <BODY> <BLOCKQUOTE> <h5>Last update 30-Jan-2001</h5> <P> <P> <H1>mbchat - The Sysop to User chat program.</H1> <P> <H3>Synopsys.</H3> <P> <code><strong>mbchat</strong> <device></code> <P> <P> <H3>Description.</H3> <P> The program <strong>mbchat</strong> is used for Sysop to User chat. It must be started by the sysop if the user has paged the sysop. The sysop must be logged in as user <strong>mbse</strong> in order to have write permissions to the same tty as the user has. For example, if the user is at ttyS0 (COM1), the command to chat would be <strong>mbchat ttyS0</strong>. <P> <P> <H3>Environment.</H3> <P> In order to run <strong>mbchat</strong> you must set the global variable <strong>$MBSE_ROOT</strong>. This variable must point to the root directory of the bbs structure. The main configuration file <strong>config.data</strong> must be present in the ~/etc directory. <P> <P> <H3>Bugs.</H3> <P> When you try to chat with a user who is up or downloading a file, the transfer will fail or may even block. You need to check what the user is doing before using this program. <P> This program will not be developed anymore and will be replaced by a program that will chat via <strong>mbsed</strong>. This is safer and can be used even from a remote site over the net. <P> <A HREF="index.htm"><IMG SRC="../images/larrow.gif" ALT="Index" Border="0"">Back to index</A> <A HREF="../index.htm"><IMG SRC="../images/b_arrow.gif" ALT="Main" Border="0">Back to Main index</A> </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML>