Subj : quirk?
To   : altere
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon Jan 01 2001 08:54 am

RE: quirk?
BY: altere to Digital Man on Mon Jan 01 2001 05:31 pm

>  > UEdit should set the user-data-modified flag in the NODE.DAB and the user
>  > record would automatically be read back in. This has nothing to do with
>  > executing external programs or not. The GUI user editor does NOT set the
>  > user-data-modified flag.
>
> So then, if I just logged in and initially had 1000K credits.  I go into SBJ
> press J, it says I have 1000K credits, now I quit SBJ completly.  UEdit and
> +2000K (I should now have 3000K right?).  Go back into SBJ, hit J and it sti
> says I have 1000K, why not 3000K?

There's an easier way to check your credits, just hit "IY" from the main menu
(using Synchronet classic command shell).

> The point I'm getting at is as the sysop if I wanted to give a user that is
> currently online more credits it seems that they will have to logoff and the
> back on before SBJ will see those changes.

No. You need to run ;UEDIT from a different node than the user is on, however,
and the changes will take effect immediately.

Rob

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