At 08:13 PM 11/26/96 EST, you wrote: >> I wonder if anyone has thought of or even done, an ability to code in a >> way of execcing a BASH shell while online the mud? I am almost tempted >> to say that this would be safer than coding in online editors and the >> like (like oasisOLC). However, naturally, from a security stand-point >> this is bad. Any ideas on this one? or suggestions? > >I had thought about this myself...as well as giving each player on >the mud an email address...just use a string in the TO field. so >that players could send and receive email using mudmail. I gave up, >or postponed this idea until I could figure out a secure way of doing >this. I'm not sure it's a good idea at all......I would also be >interested in seeing what everyone else thinnks of this. > This is probably way off but there is a way to fiddle around with sending emails from within the mud, using elm. Of course you /will/ have to fiddle with the code... So check out the e-mail registration document on the ftp site. It shows how to call up an external program. Also the 'file' snippet on the snippets site performs an external program /i think/. These would be good places to start. Using the basis of calling external programs, you could creat commands which call upon the. (i.e., email would call up elm) I belive that this will be a moderately easy process, so give it a shot. As for putting bash on the mud, /good/ luck! Hope this helps a little. Nicholas S. Wourms +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html | +-----------------------------------------------------------+
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