From: Wilbert Knol (terhi.victor@logonet.com)
Date: Thu Dec 26 2002 - 02:31:19 EET
I guess my previous mesage regarding the use of AWZnode 0.4-pre2 was
not too clear. There are two commands that are relevant:
The 'send' command allows node users (typically incoming packet radio
users) to deposit a message. The target of the message is a callsign.
That callsign must be registered in node.users, where it is mapped to
an existing local Linux user. The message is then delivered to that
user as E-mail (or it can be read from the AWZnode mailbox as per
below)
The other command is the 'mail' command, which opens a mailbox, very
much like the one produced by the Linux 'mail' command. Once again,
the packet radio user must be registered in node.users for this
command to work.
So, if a completely random ax25 user logs in, all they can do, is send
a message to the sysop with 'send <sysop_callsign>, asking to create a
Linux account for them, and to make an entry for them in node.users.
The latter maps their call to the Linux user, and allows them to use
the AWZnode 'mail' command.
Whilst all of this works, a new caller cannot log in and leave a
message for another unregistered ax25 user, which, I guess, is what
Michael wanted his PMS/BBS to do. In any case: new ax25 users *can*
leave him a message.
Aside from all this, if you are running a multi-port ax25 setup,
AWZnode is a worthwhile thing to have. It doesn't gobble up any
resources as it is started from ax25d, and gives ax25 users the sort
of this they usually want: a cross-port gateway, mheard facilities,
telnet, ping etc. I have had it running here for quite a while and it
is very well-behaved.
Wilbert, ZL2BSJ
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