# Monitoring on MOOs and wizards' roles

Kipp the Kidd (mcmudge@mailbox.syr.edu)
Wed, 20 Sep 1995 03:56:40 PDT

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    On Tue, 19 Sep 1995, Kenny Root wrote:

    >   I'd like to address the issue of wizards using their power to monitor
    > people through the use of #0:do_command and other such devices.  Is this
    > morally wrong?  I'd like to hear what people think about the use of
    > things like this that are in use at places such as CaxyMOO and HT (last
    > time I checked).
    >   Comments, anyone?

    Well, I think 'logging' totally unappropraite...  I have seen set-ups
    where commands are logged on your character and you can access your
    command buffer, but that isn't really logging... unless some wiz peeks at
    it. do_command itself I don't think was created for logging, but more for
    things like in-db parsing, stuff that can't be done in verbs, catching
    crackers, etc.  In the past, I set up logs on Guests, says and emotes
    excluded, because they're usually newbies, and they may need help on
    whatever command they're trying to type.  Like when you tell them page
    <player> with <message> and they complain that it says 'kipp' is not the
    name of any player because they're typing page <kipp> with <hello???>...
    I've only used this once or twice, got bored with it, and removed the
    feature.  When NetBlazer was eating MOO2000, we did log commands, but told
    everyone else to stop talking about stuff they may wanna hide from the
    archwiz :>

    - Kipp

    PS for all the loggers-- I would never go to a MOO that logs my commands!