Date   : Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:49:36 +0100
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: MDFS bankrupt accounts

>Message-ID: <Marcel-1.53-0411101734-0b0xSBG@...>
 
Johan Heuseveldt <johan@...> wrote:
> I managed to find an image file, containing the Master disc for MDFS, but it
 
http://mdfs.net/Mirror/Image/SJ/MDFS/MASTER is an MDFS system
disk, with some tweeked system programs.
 
http://mdfs.net/Apps/DiskTools/Write800 is a RISC OS BASIC program
that will write the image file to a physical disk.
 
> One of the things I noticed before were the account amounts mirrored in
> other accounts. That is, accounts 0, (&)100, 200 .. 700 are all set to the
 
You've got the disk set to 8-bit account numbers instead of 12-bit
account numbers. You can change the account settings with the
*MAXACC 7FF command on each disk:
 
*I AM <system user>
*DIR :<diskname>
*MAXACC 7FF
*DIR :<diskname>
*MAXACC 7FF
..etc.
 
You must also use a version of EditPass that understands 12-bit
account numbers, such as the one at
http://mdfs.net/Apps/Networking/PWEditors
 
> At last I can create a new user, give it some boot details, and no longer
> an 'Inefficient access' is spoiling the fun anymore!
 
The EditPass program on my site gives you an additional option to
automatically create a user's home directory and allocate them
some space.
 
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