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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 not assigned1
Level 0
Create conferences

create-pers
Normally not assigned2
Level 0
Create persons

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

Footnotes

  1. The LysKOM server is normally configured so that anybody can create new conferences, even if they do not have this privilege.

  2. The LysKOM server is normally configured so that anybody can create new persons, even if they do not have this privilege.