1 03/06/85  forum_admin
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 3 Syntax as a command:  forum_admin key {arguments}
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 6 Function:  allows system administrators to change attributes of
 7 meetings that they do not chair.  This command is also used to perform
 8 certain administrative functions such as initializing the forum
 9 notifications database.
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12 Arguments:
13 key
14    is any key described in "List of Keys."
15 arguments
16    are the arguments for individual keys described below.
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19 List of keys:
20 change_chairman path new_chairman
21    displays the User_id of the current chairman of the meeting whose
22    pathname is "path" and then shifts the chairmanship to new_chairman.
23    new_chairman must be of the form Person_id.Project_id.
24 convert path
25    converts the meeting whose pathname is "path" from a pre-MR11
26    version meeting to a current version meeting.
27 delete path
28    deletes the meeting whose pathname is "path".
29 init_notifications
30    creates an empty notifications database segment in the central forum
31    directory.
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34 switch_off switchname, swf switchname
35    turns the specified switch off.
36 switch_on switchname, swn switchname
37    turns the specified switch on.
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40 List of switches:
41 adjourned path, adj path
42    temporarily adjourns the meeting specified by path.  When this
43    switch is on, no users may enter the meeting.
44 chairman_set_eligibility_msg, cm_set_emsg
45    allows the chairman to override the print_eligibility_messages
46    switch.
47 meeting_eligibility_messages path, mtg_emsg path
48    turns on eligibility messages for the meeting named by "path".
49 print_eligibility_messages, pemsg
50    turns on eligibility messages for all meetings on the system.
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53 Access  required:  This  command  requires  access to the forum_admin_
54 gate.   In  addition,  the  convert,  delete, and access-changing keys
55 require  at  least "m" access to the directory containing the meeting,
56 as  does  setting  a  switch  on  a  meeting if access must be forced.
57 Setting  global  switches requires "rw" access to forum_data_, and the
58 init_notifications  key  requires  "sma"  access  to the central forum
59 directory.