From: fluet@ee.ualberta.ca (Kevin Blaine Fluet) Subject: Public Access Unix Scripts? Date: 12 Apr 1993 20:46:58 GMT
Hi all,
I am running a public access unix system (BBS) to demonstrate and distribute
Linux (the free Unix clone for 386/486's). Since I want to be able to demo
Linux in it's native state, and BBS software is too restrictive to do this,
I give people their own user accounts. I still need at least some of the
functions that BBS software usually gives you, though:
Call-back Verification:
The caller gives a registration program his telephone number and the
BBS calls him back to make sure that that is his real phone number.
Time Limitation:
The caller is only allowed to be logged in a certain number of hours
per day. File transfers should not be cut off.
Automatic Account Creation:
A caller is given a 'login:' name and password and an account is
created automatically, so the system administrator doesn't have to use
useradd/adduser. I understand there is a script out there called 'mkacct'
that will do this, but archie can't find it.
Questionnaire:
The new caller is given a list of questions, and his answers are
stored for reference by the system admin.
Automatic Account Deletion:
A caller's account is deleted from the system after he/she doesn't
call for a few weeks.
Logging:
Data about who called, when, what they did, how long they were
connected, etc. should be compiled and saved for reference.
I wouldn't want to spend days reinventing the wheel, so if there is anyone
out there with software like this (Perl scripts, shell scripts, C source
code), I would really appreciate hearing from you. If there is anyone out
there interested in helping to develop this stuff for Linux, I would also
appreciate hearing from you.
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fluet@ee.ualberta.ca Unlimited Free Access to Linux Files
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (403) 478-1281 38400 bps
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