[Dxspider-support] Sysop Password

[Fred Allstadt]

Thanks, Rene.  I just tried it, and it worked.  I had tried that before, 
but I couldn't get it to work (must of been my fat fingers <grin>).

73, and have a HNY!
Fred   N1ZUK

At 10:23 PM 12/31/01 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi Fred.
>
> > Where (or how) does one set the initial password, in order to use the SYSOP
> > command?  I can get my full access privledges is I log in with the 
> proper call
> > from the system unit (running console.pl), or even when I SSH in and run
> > console.pl, but I'd like to be able to do so from a standard telnet 
> connection
> > if necessary.
>
>You will have to set the password for the user that you want to use the 
>sysop command.
>You simply use the command "set/password xxxxxxxxxxxx". I am not sure how 
>many
>caracters tou can have, but I have 40 here at my node. When using the sysop
>command on a ax25 connection, DXSpider sends 5 numbers, and you must send the
>coresponding letters from the password you have set. I think that if you 
>use telnet and
>use the sysop command, you will have to enter the entire password. In this 
>case it might
>not be so good to make it 40 caracters long :-) But I am sure someone can 
>say if this is
>true. I have no telnet access to my DXSpider so I can't tell you.
>
>Vy 73 de Rene / OZ1LQH
>
>
>
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