LUBBS ACCESS LEVELS
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LUBBS access levels can be split into two categories: Administration and Normal 
Users

The admin access levels are as follows:-

The SysOp:
	is the controller of LuBBs with complete control over all messages, 
	able to transfer, delete or edit them as appropriate according to the 
	LuBBs Code of Practice.

The Programmer:
   	is the person who adds new features to the code and sorts out any bugs.

[Fair]Witness:
   	basically have the same options as the SysOp but with less login 
   	privileges.

Moderator:
   	privileged users with rights below those of FairWitnesses. The main job 
   	of a Moderator is to promote useful and interesting discussion. A 
   	Moderator who starts a discussion has rights over all the messages in 
   	the discussion. This means that the Moderator's name will appear in the 
   	message headers, and the Moderator may delete any message in the 
   	discussion.

   	Each Moderator will have responsibilities in one or more conferences.

   	As a reward for their work, Moderators will receive benefits such as 
   	login priority during the day.


Normal Users consist of :-

New:
   	As the name suggests, the user is new to the system, in that the LuBBs 
   	account has just been created but not validated as being an acceptable 
   	name by the SysOp.

   	The next time the SysOp logs on he will either:

   	-  Validate the account, and set it to 'Messages' level,
   	-  Temporarily suspend the account because the nickname is notsuitable, 
   	   or the Unix account is suspicious (group accounts etc),
   	-  Join the account to an existing LuBBs account should this be the 
   	   second account for a single user, or
   	-  Ban the account because the user is not allowed to use LuBBs.

   	If the account is suspended, the system will inform you of the reason 
   	for the suspension. The suspension will typically be left in place for 
   	about 3 days, after which the LuBBs account for that user will be 
   	deleted, allowing the user to enter a new LuBBs nickname.

   	Should you remain as a NEW user for more than a week, then please 
   	inform the SysOp, as something will have almost certainly gone wrong 
   	with the validation procedure.

Messages Level:
   	This is the normal access level of a user. Each user has the same basic 
   	setup as any other. The user can use all the functions of the system 
   	except for the administration commands.

Read-Only:
   	This level prevents the user from entering messages to the system. 
   	Conference entry, paging and talk channels are all disabled, but the 
   	user may reply to pages sent to him.

   	This level is applied to users who break LuBBs rules.

Banned:
	This is not so much an access level, but any user who is banned
	cannot use any of the LuBBs features at all. The system will just exit
	without bringing up any of the LuBBs menus.

   	Banning is usually placed on Unix accounts which have more than one    
   	user, and also for users who constantly break LuBBs ruling. 

Another thing to note at the present time is that a user can have his/her 
message limit lowered as a means of restriction. The access level is still that 
of messages, but the user can only enter a smaller number of messages per day.