From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bob Nielsen Subject: Re: Simple BBS, again, sorry for asking twice. Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2002 20:10:17 -0800 Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20021226041017.GC3554@n7xy.net> References: <004601c2ac60$da69cd40$04590cca@apana.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hams@vger.kernel.org Has there been any update since 0.4-pre2? That came out quite a while ago (and I guess the "pre2" implies that a 0.4 version is imminent). Bob, N7XY On Thu, Dec 26, 2002 at 01:31:19PM +1300, Wilbert Knol wrote: > > I guess my previous mesage regarding the use of AWZnode 0.4-pre2 was > not too clear. There are two commands that are relevant: > > The 'send' command allows node users (typically incoming packet radio > users) to deposit a message. The target of the message is a callsign. > That callsign must be registered in node.users, where it is mapped to > an existing local Linux user. The message is then delivered to that > user as E-mail (or it can be read from the AWZnode mailbox as per > below) > > The other command is the 'mail' command, which opens a mailbox, very > much like the one produced by the Linux 'mail' command. Once again, > the packet radio user must be registered in node.users for this > command to work. > > So, if a completely random ax25 user logs in, all they can do, is send > a message to the sysop with 'send , asking to create a > Linux account for them, and to make an entry for them in node.users. > > The latter maps their call to the Linux user, and allows them to use > the AWZnode 'mail' command. > > Whilst all of this works, a new caller cannot log in and leave a > message for another unregistered ax25 user, which, I guess, is what > Michael wanted his PMS/BBS to do. In any case: new ax25 users *can* > leave him a message. > > Aside from all this, if you are running a multi-port ax25 setup, > AWZnode is a worthwhile thing to have. It doesn't gobble up any > resources as it is started from ax25d, and gives ax25 users the sort > of this they usually want: a cross-port gateway, mheard facilities, > telnet, ping etc. I have had it running here for quite a while and it > is very well-behaved. > > Wilbert, ZL2BSJ > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hams" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY n7xy@n7xy.net Bainbridge Island, WA IOTA NA-065, USI WA-028S