• Problem with sysop user

    From Manuel Adorni@4:902/27 to Todos on Mon Aug 31 09:51:00 2015
    ¡Hola Todos!

    Hi. I have problem with my user (sysop).

    Automatically change my name from user database: @anuel Adorni (change the first letter).

    Any idea?

    ¡Saludos!
    -=Momia=-

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Manuel Adorni on Mon Aug 31 12:48:24 2015

    31 Aug 15 09:51, you wrote to Todos:

    Hi. I have problem with my user (sysop).

    Automatically change my name from user database: @anuel Adorni (change the first letter).

    this sounds like you are using software written for an older version of your RA... it is writing the data incorrectly to the user's file...

    run "RAMGR /U" to use the user editor and look at the records to see if they contain proper data... you might want to copy your RA data files to a safe place before using RAMGR or editing any records...

    )\/(ark

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  • From Manuel Adorni@4:902/27 to mark lewis on Tue Sep 1 09:33:38 2015
    ¡Hola mark!

    El Lunes 31 Agosto 2015 a las 12:48, mark lewis escribió a Manuel Adorni:

    run "RAMGR /U" to use the user editor and look at the records to see
    if they contain proper data... you might want to copy your RA data
    files to a safe place before using RAMGR or editing any records...

    Yeah, I thought so too. I can not figure out which is the software that can be modified.It may be the AMU 3.20?

    ¡Saludos!
    -=Momia=-

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Manuel Adorni on Tue Sep 1 13:44:24 2015

    01 Sep 15 09:33, you wrote to me:

    run "RAMGR /U" to use the user editor and look at the records to see
    if they contain proper data... you might want to copy your RA data
    files to a safe place before using RAMGR or editing any records...

    Yeah, I thought so too. I can not figure out which is the software
    that can be modified.It may be the AMU 3.20?

    i don't have any idea... it is possible that it is an external door rewriting the EXITINFO.BBS file which RA reimports when returning from the external door... back in the day, i wrote utilities to split the EXITINFO.BBS file into the old format and the new data in another file... that allowed old doors to work and update the file which was then merged back together before returning to RA so that corruption did not happen like this...

    the main things to look for are

    1. what version of RA are you running?
    2. do your external doors and tools specifically recognize that RA version.

    if they do not explicitly state that they work with your version of RA, stop using them, fix the user file errors, and then try them one at the time to see if the corruption returns... i've dropped most all of my external tools other than the ones i wrote myself and compiled with the proper structures for the RA
    i'm running... especially doors and utils that update the user record information...

    )\/(ark

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  • From Manuel Adorni@4:902/27 to mark lewis on Wed Sep 2 14:00:45 2015
    ¡Hola mark!

    El Martes 01 Septiembre 2015 a las 13:44, mark lewis escribió a Manuel Adorni:
    the main things to look for are

    1. what version of RA are you running?
    2. do your external doors and tools specifically recognize that RA version.

    I use RA 2.61.1

    I think that the problem is with BlackJack door from SunriseDoors.

    What i can resolve the problem?.

    ¡Saludos!
    -=Momia=-

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Manuel Adorni on Wed Sep 2 15:18:58 2015

    02 Sep 15 14:00, you wrote to me:

    the main things to look for are

    1. what version of RA are you running?
    2. do your external doors and tools specifically recognize that RA
    version.

    I use RA 2.61.1

    ok...

    I think that the problem is with BlackJack door from SunriseDoors.

    does the blackjack door adjust the user's time or credits or similar? where can
    i get a copy and see what i can find out??

    What i can resolve the problem?.

    if it is old doors, my RAXS (RA eXitinfo Splitter) program may be able to help... i have to look and see what versions of RA it was for... if i do not have it for the latest, i will have to try to see if i can compile it with the new structures... not sure how long that will take... it will be the weekend at
    the earliest, though...

    )\/(ark

    ... I had him shot, to improve the gene pool.
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  • From Manuel Adorni@4:902/27 to mark lewis on Wed Sep 2 18:43:42 2015
    ¡Hola mark!

    El Miércoles 02 Septiembre 2015 a las 15:18, mark lewis escribió a Manuel Adorni:

    does the blackjack door adjust the user's time or credits or similar?

    Mmm... time is possible.. i dont know.

    where can i get a copy and see what i can find out??


    www.sunrisedoors.com
    Blackjack 16 Bits

    What i can resolve the problem?.

    if it is old doors, my RAXS (RA eXitinfo Splitter) program may be able
    to help... i have to look and see what versions of RA it was for... if
    i do not have it for the latest, i will have to try to see if i can compile it with the new structures... not sure how long that will
    take... it will be the weekend at the earliest, though...

    Great :-).

    ¡Saludos!
    -=Momia=-

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Manuel Adorni on Thu Sep 3 03:34:06 2015

    02 Sep 15 18:43, you wrote to me:

    does the blackjack door adjust the user's time or credits or similar?

    Mmm... time is possible.. i dont know.

    i visited the site and looked over the documentation... i do not see anything about it adjusting a user's time based on their winning or losing hands...

    where can i get a copy and see what i can find out??

    www.sunrisedoors.com
    Blackjack 16 Bits

    i'm pulling it now and will dig deeper into it...

    What i can resolve the problem?.

    if it is old doors, my RAXS (RA eXitinfo Splitter) program may be able
    to help... i have to look and see what versions of RA it was for... if
    i do not have it for the latest, i will have to try to see if i can
    compile it with the new structures... not sure how long that will
    take... it will be the weekend at the earliest, though...

    Great :-).

    based on the research so far, i'm not so sure that this door is the cause of the problem... as such, RAXS won't help...

    if you are using AMU, which you mentioned before, and it is the cause then AMU can be fixed since it is open source and the C++ code is available... the problem with that is that i am not a C/C++ coder... i find the freeware version
    of AMU is 3.20... a quick look at the available source code shows that AMU apparently only has structures for up to RA v2.02... if that's the case, then definitely stop using AMU until it can be fixed for the version of RA you are running...

    aside: i personally don't know why one would need a tool like AMU... i've never
    used it and never had any need to... with the default available tools and some scripting, everything that must be done can be done...

    )\/(ark

    ... I should've bbs'ed all night.
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  • From Manuel Adorni@4:902/27 to mark lewis on Sat Sep 5 10:25:25 2015
    ¡Hola mark!

    El Jueves 03 Septiembre 2015 a las 03:34, mark lewis escribió a Manuel Adorni:

    if you are using AMU, which you mentioned before, and it is the cause
    then AMU can be fixed since it is open source and the C++ code is available... the problem with that is that i am not a C/C++ coder... i find the freeware version of AMU is 3.20... a quick look at the
    available source code shows that AMU apparently only has structures
    for up to RA v2.02... if that's the case, then definitely stop using
    AMU until it can be fixed for the version of RA you are running...

    AMU work with 2.52 structures (i think)... are the same as 2.62.1?

    aside: i personally don't know why one would need a tool like AMU...
    i've never used it and never had any need to... with the default
    available tools and some scripting, everything that must be done can
    be done...

    I use AMU for daily bulletins too.

    ¡Saludos!
    -=Momia=-

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  • From Manuel Adorni@4:902/27 to mark lewis on Sat Sep 5 10:27:06 2015
    ¡Hola mark!

    El Jueves 03 Septiembre 2015 a las 03:34, mark lewis escribió a Manuel Adorni:

    based on the research so far, i'm not so sure that this door is the
    cause of the problem... as such, RAXS won't help...

    I use too Allfix 6, FMAIL 1.6, etc.

    ¡Saludos!
    -=Momia=-

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Manuel Adorni on Sat Sep 5 13:32:56 2015

    05 Sep 15 10:25, you wrote to me:

    if you are using AMU, which you mentioned before, and it is the cause
    then AMU can be fixed since it is open source and the C++ code is
    available... the problem with that is that i am not a C/C++ coder...
    i find the freeware version of AMU is 3.20... a quick look at the
    available source code shows that AMU apparently only has structures
    for up to RA v2.02... if that's the case, then definitely stop using
    AMU until it can be fixed for the version of RA you are running...

    AMU work with 2.52 structures (i think)... are the same as 2.62.1?

    no... i have the following structure files...

    * struct.111 v1.10/v1.11/noncommercial
    * struct.200 v2.00
    struct.202 v2.02 (unofficial)
    * struct.250 v2.50Gamma (1996)
    structra.250 v2.50beta (1995, unofficial)
    * struct.262 v2.62 (2002)
    struct.26P v2.62Gamma (2000)

    the ones with * are official and valid for the version noted up to the next version... v2.62 brought some changes necessary to handle y2k concerns and the storage of a complete four digit year instead of only two digit years... the user record in 2.62 changes size due to LastTime, FirstDate, BirthDate, SubDate
    fields being made larger to store the additional first two digits of the year... that affects the user data file... the exitinfo.bbs file did not change
    as previously unused space was employed to hold the leading year digits... the timelog and event files also changed sizes because of the additional leading year digits...

    aside: i personally don't know why one would need a tool like AMU...
    i've never used it and never had any need to... with the default
    available tools and some scripting, everything that must be done can
    be done...

    I use AMU for daily bulletins too.

    yeah, i have a few tools here that generate bulletins... most of what i used to
    use i had to drop because of y2k problems and data structure changes as noted above... i have a stats program that i need to try to get back to and get finished to replace the one that has been used that has an ugly y2k bug... the fun of development was lost when so many left for the internet :(

    )\/(ark

    ... Relax. It's only ones and zeroes.
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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Manuel Adorni on Sat Sep 5 13:53:38 2015

    05 Sep 15 10:27, you wrote to me:

    based on the research so far, i'm not so sure that this door is the
    cause of the problem... as such, RAXS won't help...

    I use too Allfix 6, FMAIL 1.6, etc.

    i'm still using my allfix 5.13 (IIRC) and fastecho... fmail should be OK, too... neither affects the user records TTBOMK...

    )\/(ark

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  • From Manuel Adorni@4:902/27 to mark lewis on Wed Sep 9 09:47:41 2015
    ¡Hola mark!

    El Sábado 05 Septiembre 2015 a las 13:53, mark lewis escribió a Manuel Adorni:

    I use too Allfix 6, FMAIL 1.6, etc.

    i'm still using my allfix 5.13 (IIRC) and fastecho... fmail should be
    OK, too... neither affects the user records TTBOMK...

    I does some test:

    AMU: Works fine
    BlackJack door: i not use the door with my user and, for now, I have not had problems again ... any idea?

    ¡Saludos!
    -=Momia=-

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  • From Manuel Adorni@4:902/27 to mark lewis on Fri Sep 25 16:34:01 2015
    ¡Hola mark!

    El Jueves 03 Septiembre 2015 a las 03:34, mark lewis escribió a Manuel Adorni:

    if it is old doors, my RAXS (RA eXitinfo Splitter) program may
    be able to help... i have to look and see what versions of RA it
    was for... if i do not have it for the latest, i will have to
    try to see if i can compile it with the new structures... not
    sure how long that will take... it will be the weekend at the
    earliest, though...

    I detect that the BJ Door create an exitinfo.bbs. How i can use your fix software RAXS?

    Thanks Mark!

    ¡Saludos!
    -=Momia=-

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Manuel Adorni on Fri Sep 25 19:37:24 2015

    25 Sep 15 16:34, you wrote to me:

    if it is old doors, my RAXS (RA eXitinfo Splitter) program may be
    able to help... i have to look and see what versions of RA it was
    for... if i do not have it for the latest, i will have to try to
    see if i can compile it with the new structures... not sure how
    long that will take... it will be the weekend at the earliest,
    though...

    I detect that the BJ Door create an exitinfo.bbs.

    the blackjack door might /use/ the exitinfo.bbs file that RA creates... the question is if it modifies it...

    How i can use your fix software RAXS?

    right now, you cannot... there is no version of RAXS for your version of RA and
    i've not had time to create a new one :(

    )\/(ark

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