>
> Hi Dale,
>
> On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, Dale Harwood wrote:
>
> > > But the message # is -789921792 I cannot use the command xfbbC -c I have
> > > a core dump all the time,. and no one can connect. Not even the telnet. I
> > > did look for a FAQ but cound't find one.
>
> The problem above still, the message # and I cannot use the xfbbC -c, it
> give me this error: Segmentation Fault (core dumpe)
>
> I finnaly was able to connect using the telnet, but I am in the read
> only. even if I had the telnet port.sys changed to TUWYL
>
> > I would let it create it's own files from a fresh start. If you install
> > from scratch and try to start it with the command
> > /usr/local/fbb/xfbb.sh -d &
> > it will lock up, give you errors etc. You must start it up the first time
> > without the -d & so it can prompt you for the files to be created. This
> > burnt me bad......
>
> I created all the files required one by one... and to bad the DOCS do not
> reflect that and are not included in the distributions.
Jean, lets see several issues. I would do a clean install from scratch and
let xfbbd create it's files.
Following is a blurb I sent someone a while back to assist them in getting
xfbbd running.
snip^--------------------------------------------------------------------
It should be installed in /usr/local/fbb and this really needs to be run
as root. I chmod -R 777 the fbb directory and run it from a startup
script in rc.local. I do not like doing it this way but it sure gets rid
of a lot of permissions problems.
Hints,
1 first get the ax25 stuff working correct, connect out, connect in,
telnet in and out and netrom in and out.
2 the docs tell you to start xfbbd by /usr/local/fbb/xfbb.sh -d &
While this works once installed, you will not get it running this way. It
has to create some files upon initial startup and uses stdout to post the
messages and looks at stdin for the answers. If you run it with the &, it
has no place to send these and gets no answer causing it to fail. SO,
start it without the & the first time and let it create it's files.
3 xfbbC -c is the way to connect to the bbs once it is running per the
docs. It does not do a good job explaining what all is needed to get the
connection. There are 2 ways.... ( xfbbC -? will get you help on this )
1: xfbbC -c -h harwood -i n4vff -w password -p 1525
^ hostname ^call ^password within fbb's passwd.sys
2:xfbbC -c with the following environment variables set in .profile for
the user that is using xfbbC
harwood:~$ cat .profile
PATH=~/bin:$PATH
stty erase ^?
export XFBBC_HOST=harwood
export XFBBC_PORT=1525
export XFBBC_CALL=n4vff
export XFBBC_PASS=password
As you can see, option 1 gets old typing in so I use option 2.
Also, telnet in to the bbs did not work for me for months until someone
finally clued me in. ( I had posted the question no less than 4 times with
only answers such as " mine works" , " hummm, strange" etc.. ) A telnet
into my bbs would yield a connect but only in guest mode. SO,,, something
that I have not seen in print, telnet is associated with modem
connections, so for a user to be able to telnet into the bbs and use it to
post messages etc, they must have an M declared in their profile using the
eu command.
snip^----------------------------------------------------------------------
See if any of this helps. I have been using xfbbd for quite a while and it
definitely is worth the trouble you are having to get it running.
73,
Dale Harwood [ N4VFF ]
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ax.25> n4vff@n4vff.#cha.tn.usa.noam
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