Board:   [WWIVnet] WWIV Development
Subject: Re: Idea...
From:    Xenos #1 @60
To:      Utopian Galt #1 @815
Date:    Wed Jan 18, 2023 11:41

On Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at 09:02, Utopian Galt wrote:

UG>RE: Idea...
UG>
UG>Can the guest account be auto created with a new instalation? I think
UG>Synchronet does this.
UG>
UG>

we could do it in wwivconfig just like the sysop account.

currently, the way to create a guest account is:

1) edit trashcan.txt. this is in the wwiv gfiles/ dir. delete "guest"
2) create a NEW account however you want to with name GUEST.
3) you can keep trashcan.txt as is, or add "guest" to the list.

you can change the logon prompt in "bbs.str.ini" to let folk know they can
enter GUEST to use the guest account.

this is issue #1507 on github.com/wwivbbs/wwiv. you can join the conversation
about how the guest account should or shouldn't work there.

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