Re: Re: Cannot edit or delete user
By: Derrick Reed to alt.bbs.synchronet on Fri Sep 09 2022 04:11 pm
> From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet
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> On Friday, September 9, 2022 at 6:08:11 PM UTC-4, Digital Man wrote:
> > To: Derrick Reed
> > Re: Cannot edit or delete user
> > By: Derrick Reed to alt.bbs.synchronet on Fri Sep 09 2022 08:58 am
>
> > > From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet
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> > > Hello. Trying to edit or delete a user results in this error:
>
> > > 'Cannot open file d:\sbbs\data\user/user.dat'
>
> > > I'm guessing that forward slash has something to do with the problem, as
> > > the
> > > file does exist. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this?
> > No, the forward slash is not a problem. What program are you using to try
> > and edit or delete a user and what version of that program?
> > --
> > digital man (rob)
>
> > Synchronet "Real Fact" #95:
> > Synchronet v3.15b was released in October of 2011 (5 years after v3.14a)
> > Norco, CA WX: 81.6¿F, 58.0% humidity, 7 mph SE wind, 0.00 inches
> > rain/24hrs --- Synchronet 3.19c-Linux NewsLink 1.113
> > * Vertrauen - Riverside County, California - telnet://vert.synchro.net
> I was using the Synchronet Control Panel. Then I selected List Users from
> the menu and went from there.
Okay, that executes useredit.exe. I'm guessing the latest version. The reason I
asked is because there are multiple Synchronet user editors and methods to delet
e a user account.
> In the meantime, I gave full permissions to 'Everyone' for all d:\sbbs
> files/folders and that seemed to fix it! This install was zipped and copied
> over from an install on another system so I'm not surprised it ended up
> being a permissions problem. The reason I copied over the install from the
> other system is that I could not for the life of me figure out how to
> export/import all of my File Area files and I didn't want to go through the
> tedium of using the addfiles utility one-by-one to recreate what I had in my
> old install.
Makes fine sense.
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digital man (rob)
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