Subj : Re: Cannot edit or delete user
To   : Derrick Reed
From : Digital Man
Date : Sat Sep 10 2022 13:44:35

  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
 >
 > 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: 81.6¨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 delete 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.
-- 
                                            digital man (rob)

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