Other Functions → MINIHOST

Together with ZOC comes a MINIHOST program (implemented in ZOC's REXX script language). It offers a simple file exchange host. A typical use for it could be leaving it running on your home machine while you are away to the office, to make sure that you can download files from the home machine during the day if the need arises. Or you could use it to allow a friend to upload a report for review or whatever. Of course, the host program leaves much open (things like leaving messages etc.) but is partly designed as a complex example for REXX programming and partly as a point to start your own development. In any case, if you want to run a full fledged BBS it is highly recommended that you use a real BBS program.

By default, MINIHOST can be started from the user button bar, but you can also start MINIHOST.ZRX via Start-Script function from the Script menu. The program will come up with the question if you want to test it locally or not (ie. if you want to offer a connection via modem). Then it waits for a connection and asks for username and password. ADMIN/SECRET and GUEST/GUEST are predefined values.

To allow other users access to your machine, you must edit the MINIHOST.ZRX file (use Edit-Script from the Script menu) and modify the user entries in the upper part of the program. For each user you can select a username, a password, a home directory and a mode. Mode 0 restricts access to the assigned home directory (which you need to create) on the drive that is defined on top of the userlist, while mode 1 allows access to all disks.

 
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