Subj : Re: Cannot edit or delete user
To   : alt.bbs.synchronet
From : Derrick Reed
Date : Fri Sep 09 2022 16:11:32

From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

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
> > 
> > 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: 81.6øF, 58.0% humidity, 7 mph SE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs 
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I was using the Synchronet Control Panel. Then I selected List Users from the menu and went from there. 
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.
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