Subj : IcyBoard 0.1.6 release
To   : Omnibrain
From : Accession
Date : Fri Oct 17 2025 05:30 pm

Hey Omnibrain!

On Thu, 16 Oct 2025 21:41:54 -0700, you wrote:

 > But I need to start from PCBoard - in case of user names it can be
 > difficult because PPEs are assuming the uppercase names and would need
 > adjustments when they compare names.

That's what the PPE decompiler is for! :D

 > I need to look at that. I'm not really free to change anything. Like the
 > passwords - had to do 1-2 hacks to make hashing possible and even then
 > there is a small chance that I broke something

Did you take the original source and convert it to Rust?

 Ac>> After testing again this time around:
 Ac>>
 Ac>> "V" - doesn't do anything
 Ac>> "LANG" - doesn't do anything
 Ac>> "WHO" - doesn't do anything
 Ac>>
 Ac>> "USER" - A bit more on this. I did not have a "Real Name" set, as I
 Ac>> was only using aliases. So it originally only displayed my location
 Ac>> and last on. Once I set a real name, it displays that. Maybe I can
 Ac>> change that in mkpcbtxt (or not if the next paragraph is the best
 Ac>> way to handle what I'm trying to do, then I wouldn't have to do
 Ac>> anything here).

 >  I don't think it's possible only using aliases - how did you do that?
 >  Remove real names in the sysmanager?

No, I just didn't enter a real name for myself when I created my sysop account.

 >  - Fixed alias display in 'who' there was a setting I didn't use for it.

Alias display in 'who' or 'user? Remember, 'who' isn't working at all for me, so I only noticed that listing users didn't display the alias.

 >  Which "Real Name" setting do you mean? The one in sysop information is
 >  just for the sysop.

No, the one in icbsysmgr > edit users file.

 > Not sure about the commands - can you zip me the installation/config
 > maybe I can find something. There are security settings that could
 > prevent them from working.

I haven't touched anything in the security settings.

 >  There is always the same answer to such questions: Use a PPE.
 >  In my test BBS I use PNAlogin.

I suppose that's probably what I originally did.

 >  There is no way to eliminate "real names". Forget about aliases that
 > feature in PCBoard is crap. It's not a replacement for real names.

Right, Now that I think of it, I disabled aliases, and just used aliases for real names with the something in the lines of using one word names setting enabled.

 > Y - and worse - aliases are a by conference setting.

Yep, then I'll stick with the original way I was going about it with PCBoard.

 Ac>> - I just realized "City" is listed twice, also.

 >  There are 2 separate city fields in the user records. I assume that
 > they rework ed the address at some point.

Only one gets filled in when a user applies, though, which is why I mentioned it.

 > Date editor is not implemented atm. Need to work on that.

That would definitely explain that then! ;)

 > Removed the error message if it's disabled. It's ok not to have it.
 > icbsetup now creates the files. Accounting is the idea to charge users
 > for activities of some sort. So let's say to introduce an
 > upload/download ratio.

Ah, a "feature" I've never used. But thanks for fixing it anyways!

 > ATM it's unused and not very well thought out in PCBoard - for example
 > you can c harge for messages written - lol. And it conflicts a bit with
 > the limits because you can charge for time as well. Maybe the idea was
 > to charge money.

Most definitely. And this feature would also lead back to Clark Dev profiting, too, because if you were making any kind of money with your BBS, you would have to purchase a commercial license. ;)

Regards,
Nick

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