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Security

Security in LysKOM is based on two components. Each person has a set of privileges and each session has a security level. Rights in the system require both the sufficient privileges and a sufficient security level. The privileges currently available are wheel, admin, statistic, create-conf, create-pers and change-name. Security levels range from 0 to 255.

wheel
Normally not assigned
Level 0
Person may always log in, even when LysKOM is crowded.
Level 6
Person may set Priv-Bits for all persons.
Level 7
Person may set password for all persons.
Level 8
Person acts as supervisor for everything.
Level 10
Person can read all articles.

admin
Normally not assigned
Level 1
Shut down the server
Set motd-of-kom
Read last-login
Level 2
Read status of secret conferences and persons
Read the protected parts of person and conference statuses
Read the entire text status, even when there are secret recipients
Level 3
Change everybody's names
Level 4
Add/remove members
Add/remove recipients to articles
Level 5
Set super-conference
Remove articles
Level 6
Set administrator

statistic
Normally not assigned
Level 2
Read the statistics portions of persons, even if protected

create-conf
Normally assigned
Level 0
Create conferences

create-pers
Normally assigned
Level 0
Create persons

change-name
Normally assigned
Level 0
Change names of conferences he is supervisor for