Telegard Password Monitor v2.7Σ
Copyright (c) 1991-92 by James Dudek
All rights reserved
Telegard is Copyright (c) 1991 by Martin Pollard
Compiled using Turbo Pascal v6.0 by Borland International
WARNING: This program is for use with TELEGARD v2.7 ONLY! Attempts to
use it with any other version will destroy your USER.LST!
WARRANTY: I make no warranty for this program whatsoever. It has been
Beta tested with no ill effects both on my system and one
other. As with any program that reads and writes to the
Telegard system files, I consider it good practice to make
a backup of your BBS before running this or any other program.
INSTALLATION:
To begin, create a directory where you would like PASSWORD to reside.
Then copy the PASSWORD.EXE file to that directory.
CONFIGURATION:
To configure PASSWORD for use you'll need to decide if you want the
current passwords to be changed now or in X number of days.
To configure PASSWORD to require a password change now, enter...
PASSWORD CFG NOW
To configure PASSWORD to require a password change in X days enter...
PASSWORD CFG DLY.
Once you have entered one of the above commands you will be presented
with a configuration screen for PASSWORD. The first thing you must do is
enter the path to your TELEGARD directory (ie: c:\bbs). After this has been
done, PASSWORD will import some information from TELEGARD into it's own
configuration. Things like your BBS name and your SysOp name will be read
into PASSWORD's configuration.
(THE FOLLOWING APPLIES TO THE REGISTERED VERSION ONLY!)
(EVALUATION COPIES DEFAULT TO: PASSWORDS TO STORE = 1 )
( HANGUP = YES)
( ILLEAGAL PASSWORDS = 2 )
( DAYS TO CHANGE = 10 )
After the BBS and SysOp names are displayed on the screen, you will be
prompted for the number of old passwords to keep on file for each user.
This number may be between 1 and 10. PASSWORD will check new passwords
against the ones on file and if the new password matches one on file, the
user will not be allowed to use that password.
The next thing you are prompted for is whether PASSWORD should hang up on
the user if he fails to change his password. That is entirely up to you.
After that, you are prompted for the number of ILLEGAL password attempts
a user is allowed. A user must enter his current password in order to change
to a new password. This number is how many times he can get his current
password wrong before PASSWORD hangs up on him.
The final thing you are prompted for is how often to require users to
change their password. You can go as nutso as every day or as high as every
255 days. The frequency of change is up to you.
Once you have completed all of the above, PASSWORD will build it's data
file on your users. Once this is complete, you are ready to run PASSWORD
with a user ON-LINE!
ONLINE USE:
To use PASSWORD with a user ON-LINE is fairly easy. Simply create a
FIRSTCMD in your MAIN MENU as follows...
Long Descript : <NULL>
Short Descript: <NULL>
CMD Letters : FIRSTCMD >> The t58 command is so this
ACS Required : t58!s255 <<<< command is only run once
CMD Keys : DD >> while the user is on-line
Mstring : password.bat @R
Flags : <HIDDEN>
Then create PASSWORD.BAT.....
copy DORINFO1.DEF c:\path_to_password
cd c:\path_to_password
password %1
>>>> OR <<<<
If PASSWORD is in you MAIN BBS Directory....
Long Descript : <NULL>
Short Descript: <NULL>
CMD Letters : FIRSTCMD >> The t58 command is so this
ACS Required : t58!s255 <<<<<< command is only run once
CMD Keys : DD >> while the user is on-line
Mstring : password @R
Flags : <HIDDEN>
(NO BATCH FILE REQUIRED TO RUN THIS WAY)
In the batch file that calls Telegard place the following
immediately after the line that calls Telegard....
if not exist c:\path_to_bbs\pwchange.now goto LOOP
cd c:\path_to_password
PASSWORD UPDATE
goto LOOP
where path_to_XXXXX are your bbs and password path
That's all there is to it! Enjoy!
If you have any comments or suggestions, I can be reached at.....
USTGnet 85:837/104
or
FidoNet 1:115/398
If you like and use this program PLEASE take the time to register it!
Registration removes the UNREGISTERED message, provides full configuration,
removes the annoying BEEP, provides free updates for 1 year and entitles
you to discounted registration on future MasterCode programs.
To register this program send $15.00 to: Jim Dudek
c/o The File Master BBS
P.O. Box 8531
Rolling Meadows, Il. 60008
PLEASE include your BBS NAME, and PHONE NUMBER without it I cannot
provide a registration number or deliver your registered copy!