hi
is there a way to NOT show the upload folder on every file area listing? i know i can put it at the beginning or the end but havent found a wsy to leave it out of the listings
thanks
dean

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On 12 Mar 2026, pweck said the following...

hi
is there a way to NOT show the upload folder on every file area listing?
i know i can put it at the beginning or the end but havent found a wsy
to leave it out of the listings
thanks
dean

Change your access permissions(ACS) to "s255z?" to give you the only one available to see it. Mine are all set to s255z4.

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is there a way to NOT show the upload folder on every file area listi i know i can put it at the beginning or the end but havent found a ws to leave it out of the listings

Change your access permissions(ACS) to "s255z?" to give you the only one available to see it. Mine are all set to s255z4.
ogg

You are talking about the Upload ACS? I tried that and there still is a Upload area in File listings. Under File Base Setting you can set the number to zero (displays Uploads as first) or a large number, like 99, and it places the uploads as the last area.
Maybe im looking in the wrong spot?
pweck

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On 12 Mar 2026, pweck said the following...

is there a way to NOT show the upload folder on every file area i know i can put it at the beginning or the end but havent found to leave it out of the listings

Change your access permissions(ACS) to "s255z?" to give you the only available to see it. Mine are all set to s255z4.
ogg

You are talking about the Upload ACS? I tried that and there still is a Upload area in File listings. Under File Base Setting you can set the number to zero (displays Uploads as first) or a large number, like 99,
and it places the uploads as the last area.
Maybe im looking in the wrong spot?

imagine you have four file bases - ID = z = z1, z2, etc

1 - Local
2 - Fidonet (stuff that comes over automatically)
3 - FsxNet (as above)
4 - Fixed (Let's call this uncurated bulk files for one CD-ROM)

and you have one file area 'Uploads' that you only want in (and it only makes sense in) the 'Local' area.

the Uploads area will have a few ACS settings but the important one is "List ACS" .. where you want Uploads to show up. on my system this is set simply to 'z1' .. meaning it will only show up in the 'local' file base when i list the areas there

as someone else suggested you could also put in for example

s255z1

and have it only list for the sysop and only if they're in group 1

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On 12 Mar 2026, pweck said the following...

is there a way to NOT show the upload folder on every file area l
i know i can put it at the beginning or the end but havent found
to leave it out of the listings

Change your access permissions(ACS) to "s255z?" to give you the only o
available to see it. Mine are all set to s255z4.
ogg

You are talking about the Upload ACS? I tried that and there still is a Upload area in File listings. Under File Base Setting you can set the number to zero (displays Uploads as first) or a large number, like 99,
and it places the uploads as the last area.
Maybe im looking in the wrong spot?
pweck

Heres my config:
Look under Mystic Configuration, Editors, File Base Editor, Uploads:
Base Name Uploads
Net Address 0:0/0 (Local Address)
Export to 0 nodes
List ACS s255z4 (or whatever group it's in
Upload ACS s255z4
Download ACS s255z4
Hatch ACS s255z4 (don't think it's pertinent)
Sysop ACS s255(z1|z2|z3|z4|z5|z6|z7|z8) this prevents it from showing up in any group other than z4
If an item is missing from above, leave it blank.

Give that a shot.

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imagine you have four file bases - ID = z = z1, z2, etc

1 - Local
2 - Fidonet (stuff that comes over automatically)
3 - FsxNet (as above)
4 - Fixed (Let's call this uncurated bulk files for one CD-ROM)

and you have one file area 'Uploads' that you only want in (and it only makes sense in) the 'Local' area.

the Uploads area will have a few ACS settings but the important one is "List ACS" .. where you want Uploads to show up. on my system this is
set simply to 'z1' .. meaning it will only show up in the 'local' file base when i list the areas there

as someone else suggested you could also put in for example

s255z1

and have it only list for the sysop and only if they're in group 1

thanks. it didnt work, but only because i dont have an upload folder like it would be when initially installing. i may have to reinstall to get it back....
thanks for your help

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
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Heres my config:
Look under Mystic Configuration, Editors, File Base Editor, Uploads:
Base Name Uploads
Net Address 0:0/0 (Local Address)
Export to 0 nodes
List ACS s255z4 (or whatever group it's in
Upload ACS s255z4
Download ACS s255z4
Hatch ACS s255z4 (don't think it's pertinent)
Sysop ACS s255(z1|z2|z3|z4|z5|z6|z7|z8) this prevents it from showing up in any group other than z4 If an item is missing from above, leave it blank.

Give that a shot.

thanks. i think my problem might be the missing upload file area from my original install..prob need to re-install...thanks tho for your help...ill try this out on the other side! lol
pweck

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On 12 Mar 2026, pweck said the following...

imagine you have four file bases - ID = z = z1, z2, etc

1 - Local
2 - Fidonet (stuff that comes over automatically)
3 - FsxNet (as above)
4 - Fixed (Let's call this uncurated bulk files for one CD-ROM)

and you have one file area 'Uploads' that you only want in (and it onl
makes sense in) the 'Local' area.

the Uploads area will have a few ACS settings but the important one is
"List ACS" .. where you want Uploads to show up. on my system this is set simply to 'z1' .. meaning it will only show up in the 'local' file
base when i list the areas there

as someone else suggested you could also put in for example

s255z1

and have it only list for the sysop and only if they're in group 1

thanks. it didnt work, but only because i dont have an upload folder
like it would be when initially installing. i may have to reinstall to
get it back.... thanks for your help

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Your certainly welcome. Reach out if you need anything else.

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thanks. it didnt work, but only because i dont have an upload folder like it would be when initially installing. i may have to reinstall t get it back.... thanks for your help

Your certainly welcome. Reach out if you need anything else.

So having to re-install did it. It was the missing Uploads folder that is initially installed.. yay
pweck

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thanks. it didnt work, but only because i dont have an upload fo like it would be when initially installing. i may have to reinst get it back.... thanks for your help

Your certainly welcome. Reach out if you need anything else.

So having to re-install did it. It was the missing Uploads folder that is initially installed.. yay
pweck

OR, just create the uploads folder where it should be. No need to reinstall the whole package.

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On 13 Mar 2026, Geri Atricks said the following...

OR, just create the uploads folder where it should be. No need to reinstall the whole package.

Yah, if you'll lose a lot of work by starting over then definitely just recreate it. But sometimes, for me, starting over is just a part of the learning experience. It helps become familiar with a system I'm completely new to. I respect someone who will make a bunch of changes just to see what they do, then wipe it all out and start over after borking things up lol.

Keep it up!

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So having to re-install did it. It was the missing Uploads folder tha initially installed.. yay
pweck

OR, just create the uploads folder where it should be. No need to reinstall the whole package.

i tried to do that but it didnt work, maybe i wasnt setting it up right. anyway im up and running again with the board.
thanks

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
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Yah, if you'll lose a lot of work by starting over then definitely just recreate it. But sometimes, for me, starting over is just a part of the learning experience. It helps become familiar with a system I'm completely new to. I respect someone who will make a bunch of changes
just to see what they do, then wipe it all out and start over after borking things up lol.

Keep it up!

thanks, this is probably the 5 or 6th time starting over,and yes, learning a lot! i recreated from the renamed original mystic folder. still a lot to do but with the backup there was less headaches!
cheers

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