• Issue installing

    From Chad Adams@1:130/210 to All on Thu Nov 23 12:28:49 2017
    I'm not sure what's up, but I extracted the latest BBBS version from the website. I run ubuntu server latest.

    I had all the files and proper permissions. I have the intel version of the bbs, which is accurate.

    When I try to run bcfg using ./bcfg with appropriate user permissions, it gives an error stating that file isn't found or directly doesn't exist?

    Did I not install properly?



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  • From Jeff Smith@1:282/1031 to Chad Adams on Thu Nov 23 13:31:04 2017
    Hello Chad,

    When I try to run bcfg using ./bcfg with appropriate user permissions, it gives an error stating that file isn't found or directly doesn't exist?
    Did I not install properly?

    You state using /bcfg? Isn't the executable that you have actually named ./bcfg4? When I load BBBS config here I use "./bcfg4 0".


    Jeff


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  • From Chad Adams@1:130/210 to All on Thu Nov 23 21:17:50 2017
    Yea whatever the name is is what I used. Basically, all the Linux executables say no file
    Or path found when you try to execute them on Ubuntu. I tried all of the executables. Bbbs bbbsd, bcfg file, etc.

    I don't know what. I am not a newbie Linux user. I have ensured permissions were correct, both file and directory.
    I redownloaded the file from bbbs website, same thing. Tried multiple times.

    Maybe something is wrong with the build?

    Grab the latest Ubuntu server and bbbs from bbbs website and simply unzip it and try running the executable.

    The only other thing I can thing of is that I am running it in a VM, but I can't imagine why that would matter.

    On 07:31 23/11 , Jeff Smith wrote:
    Hello Chad,

    When I try to run bcfg using ./bcfg with appropriate user permissions, it >> gives an error stating that file isn't found or directly doesn't exist?
    Did I not install properly?

    You state using /bcfg? Isn't the executable that you have actually named >./bcfg4? When I load BBBS config here I use "./bcfg4 0".


    Jeff


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  • From Chad Adams@1:130/210 to All on Thu Nov 23 21:20:36 2017
    Here's an example from console:

    onnected to irc.linuxnode.net.
    login as: cadams
    cadams@irc.linuxnode.net's password: *************
    Welcome to Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.4.0-62-generic x86_64)

    * Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com
    * Management: https://landscape.canonical.com
    * Support: https://ubuntu.com/advantage

    157 packages can be updated.
    76 updates are security updates.


    No mail.
    Last login: Tue Nov 21 19:13:25 2017 from 75.109.207.158
    cadams@irc:~$ cd /var/opt
    cadams@irc:/var/opt$ ls
    anope bbbs bbbs_lii.tar file_id.diz scripts unrealircd cadams@irc:/var/opt$ cd bbbs
    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ ls
    bag bbbs.key bcfg4 inet.bbb misc sysop.htm
    bbbs bbbstxt brobo.wht LICENSE.txt README.txt sysop.txt
    bbbs.001 bbbstxt1 colors.bbb login.bbb ripc
    bbbs.002 bbbstxt2 feelings menus scripts
    bbbsd bbbstxt3 htdocs _mg sysop.gui cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ ./bcfg4 0
    -bash: ./bcfg4: No such file or directory
    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$



    On 07:31 23/11 , Jeff Smith wrote:
    Hello Chad,

    When I try to run bcfg using ./bcfg with appropriate user permissions, it >> gives an error stating that file isn't found or directly doesn't exist?
    Did I not install properly?

    You state using /bcfg? Isn't the executable that you have actually named >./bcfg4? When I load BBBS config here I use "./bcfg4 0".


    Jeff


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  • From Chad Adams@1:130/210 to All on Thu Nov 23 21:23:52 2017
    Also, I tried every other executable.

    You can see they are listed.


    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ ls
    bag bbbs.key bcfg4 inet.bbb misc sysop.htm
    bbbs bbbstxt brobo.wht LICENSE.txt README.txt sysop.txt
    bbbs.001 bbbstxt1 colors.bbb login.bbb ripc
    bbbs.002 bbbstxt2 feelings menus scripts
    bbbsd bbbstxt3 htdocs _mg sysop.gui cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ ./bcfg4 0
    -bash: ./bcfg4: No such file or directory
    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ ls
    bag bbbs.key bcfg4 inet.bbb misc sysop.htm
    bbbs bbbstxt brobo.wht LICENSE.txt README.txt sysop.txt
    bbbs.001 bbbstxt1 colors.bbb login.bbb ripc
    bbbs.002 bbbstxt2 feelings menus scripts
    bbbsd bbbstxt3 htdocs _mg sysop.gui cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ ./bbbsd
    -bash: ./bbbsd: No such file or directory
    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ ./bag
    -bash: ./bag: No such file or directory
    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$


    On 07:31 23/11 , Jeff Smith wrote:
    Hello Chad,

    When I try to run bcfg using ./bcfg with appropriate user permissions, it >> gives an error stating that file isn't found or directly doesn't exist?
    Did I not install properly?

    You state using /bcfg? Isn't the executable that you have actually named >./bcfg4? When I load BBBS config here I use "./bcfg4 0".


    Jeff


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  • From Janis Kracht@1:261/38 to Chad Adams on Thu Nov 23 23:32:36 2017
    Can't help you tonight, Sorry Chad.. just too wiped out from the Holiday today.
    I'll take a look at your posts tommorow, maybe I'll see something.


    Also, I tried every other executable.

    You can see they are listed.


    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ ls
    bag bbbs.key bcfg4 inet.bbb misc sysop.htm
    bbbs bbbstxt brobo.wht LICENSE.txt README.txt sysop.txt
    bbbs.001 bbbstxt1 colors.bbb login.bbb ripc
    bbbs.002 bbbstxt2 feelings menus scripts
    bbbsd bbbstxt3 htdocs _mg sysop.gui cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ ./bcfg4 0
    -bash: ./bcfg4: No such file or directory
    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ ls
    bag bbbs.key bcfg4 inet.bbb misc sysop.htm
    bbbs bbbstxt brobo.wht LICENSE.txt README.txt sysop.txt
    bbbs.001 bbbstxt1 colors.bbb login.bbb ripc
    bbbs.002 bbbstxt2 feelings menus scripts
    bbbsd bbbstxt3 htdocs _mg sysop.gui cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ ./bbbsd
    -bash: ./bbbsd: No such file or directory
    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ ./bag
    -bash: ./bag: No such file or directory
    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$


    On 07:31 23/11 , Jeff Smith wrote:
    Hello Chad,

    When I try to run bcfg using ./bcfg with appropriate user permissions, it >>> gives an error stating that file isn't found or directly doesn't exist?
    Did I not install properly?

    You state using /bcfg? Isn't the executable that you have actually named
    ./bcfg4? When I load BBBS config here I use "./bcfg4 0".


    Jeff


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  • From Nicholas Boel@1:154/10 to Chad Adams on Thu Nov 23 22:54:06 2017
    Hello Chad,

    On Thu Nov 23 2017 21:23:52, Chad Adams wrote to All:

    You can see they are listed.


    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ ls
    bag bbbs.key bcfg4 inet.bbb misc sysop.htm
    bbbs bbbstxt brobo.wht LICENSE.txt README.txt sysop.txt bbbs.001 bbbstxt1 colors.bbb login.bbb ripc
    bbbs.002 bbbstxt2 feelings menus scripts
    bbbsd bbbstxt3 htdocs _mg sysop.gui cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ ./bcfg4 0
    -bash: ./bcfg4: No such file or directory
    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ ls
    bag bbbs.key bcfg4 inet.bbb misc sysop.htm
    bbbs bbbstxt brobo.wht LICENSE.txt README.txt sysop.txt bbbs.001 bbbstxt1 colors.bbb login.bbb ripc
    bbbs.002 bbbstxt2 feelings menus scripts
    bbbsd bbbstxt3 htdocs _mg sysop.gui cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ ./bbbsd
    -bash: ./bbbsd: No such file or directory
    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ ./bag
    -bash: ./bag: No such file or directory
    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$

    Try "ls -al" to see if those files are executable. You may just have to "chmod +x bcfg4" since the file seems to be there.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Jeff Smith@1:282/1031 to Chad Adams on Thu Nov 23 23:37:08 2017
    Hello Chad,

    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$

    Ok, you installed BBBS to the /var/opt/bbbs directory? Who owns the /var/opt/bbbs directory? It appears that you are running BBBS as user
    "irc". At a command prompt do a "ls -l -d /var/opt/bbbs" to see the ownership
    and current permissions of the directory where you have BBBS installed.

    Here everything in /var/opt is owned by root. And here BBBS is run as user bbbs
    and BBBS is installed at /home/bbbs and a "ls -l -d /home/bbbs" shows:

    drwxr-xr-x 58 bbbs bbbs 20480 Nov 23 23:00 /home/bbbs

    Which shows that /home/bbbs is owned by group "bbbs" and user "bbbs" and drwxr-xr-x means:

    "d" means the subject is a directory and not a file.

    "rwx" means the directory's owner "bbbs" can list its contents, create new files within it, and descend into it.

    "r-x" means members of the directory's group can list its contents and descend into it

    "r-x" means other users can list the directory's contents and descend into it

    And a ls -l /home/bbbs/bcfg4 shows

    -rwxrwxr-x 1 bbbs bbbs 278528 Dec 13 2016 /home/bbbs/bcfg4

    The first "-" means that it is a file and not a directory.

    "r" means that user "bbbs" has read access

    "w" means that user "bbbs" has write access

    "x" means that user "bbbs" has execute access.


    Jeff




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  • From Chad Adams@1:130/210 to All on Fri Nov 24 07:53:32 2017
    They are, I chmod +x all of them.

    On 16:54 23/11 , Nicholas Boel wrote:
    Hello Chad,

    On Thu Nov 23 2017 21:23:52, Chad Adams wrote to All:

    You can see they are listed.


    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ ls
    bag bbbs.key bcfg4 inet.bbb misc sysop.htm
    bbbs bbbstxt brobo.wht LICENSE.txt README.txt sysop.txt bbbs.001 bbbstxt1 colors.bbb login.bbb ripc
    bbbs.002 bbbstxt2 feelings menus scripts
    bbbsd bbbstxt3 htdocs _mg sysop.gui cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ ./bcfg4 0
    -bash: ./bcfg4: No such file or directory
    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ ls
    bag bbbs.key bcfg4 inet.bbb misc sysop.htm
    bbbs bbbstxt brobo.wht LICENSE.txt README.txt sysop.txt bbbs.001 bbbstxt1 colors.bbb login.bbb ripc
    bbbs.002 bbbstxt2 feelings menus scripts
    bbbsd bbbstxt3 htdocs _mg sysop.gui cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ ./bbbsd
    -bash: ./bbbsd: No such file or directory
    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ ./bag
    -bash: ./bag: No such file or directory
    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$

    Try "ls -al" to see if those files are executable. You may just have to "chmod >+x bcfg4" since the file seems to be there.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Chad Adams@1:130/210 to All on Fri Nov 24 07:54:29 2017
    Irc is hostnane. I am logged in as user cadams and user cadams owns it:

    I'll send you info:



    On 17:37 23/11 , Jeff Smith wrote:
    Hello Chad,

    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$

    Ok, you installed BBBS to the /var/opt/bbbs directory? Who owns the >/var/opt/bbbs directory? It appears that you are running BBBS as user
    "irc". At a command prompt do a "ls -l -d /var/opt/bbbs" to see the ownership
    and current permissions of the directory where you have BBBS installed.

    Here everything in /var/opt is owned by root. And here BBBS is run as user bbbs
    and BBBS is installed at /home/bbbs and a "ls -l -d /home/bbbs" shows:

    drwxr-xr-x 58 bbbs bbbs 20480 Nov 23 23:00 /home/bbbs

    Which shows that /home/bbbs is owned by group "bbbs" and user "bbbs" and >drwxr-xr-x means:

    "d" means the subject is a directory and not a file.

    "rwx" means the directory's owner "bbbs" can list its contents, create new >files within it, and descend into it.

    "r-x" means members of the directory's group can list its contents and descend >into it

    "r-x" means other users can list the directory's contents and descend into it

    And a ls -l /home/bbbs/bcfg4 shows

    -rwxrwxr-x 1 bbbs bbbs 278528 Dec 13 2016 /home/bbbs/bcfg4

    The first "-" means that it is a file and not a directory.

    "r" means that user "bbbs" has read access

    "w" means that user "bbbs" has write access

    "x" means that user "bbbs" has execute access.


    Jeff




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  • From Chad Adams@1:130/210 to All on Fri Nov 24 07:59:19 2017
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 1.2M Jan 27 2007 bbbs
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 5.5K Jan 28 2007 bbbs.001
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 9.9K Jan 28 2007 bbbs.002
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 48K Jan 27 2007 bbbsd
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 58 Dec 24 1999 bbbs.key
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 23K Jan 28 2007 bbbstxt
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 25K Jan 28 2007 bbbstxt1
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 24K Jan 28 2007 bbbstxt2
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 24K Jan 28 2007 bbbstxt3
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 212K Jan 27 2007 bcfg4
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 20K Jan 28 2007 brobo.wht
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 2.4K Jan 28 2007 colors.bbb
    drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 4.0K Jan 28 2007 feelings
    drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 4.0K Dec 24 1999 htdocs
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 5.0K Jan 28 2007 inet.bbb
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 6.7K Jan 28 2007 LICENSE.txt
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 82 Dec 24 1999 login.bbb
    drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 12K Jan 28 2007 menus
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 34 Dec 24 1999 _mg
    drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 4.0K Dec 24 1999 misc
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 601 Dec 24 1999 README.txt
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 7.2K Jan 27 2007 ripc
    drwxr-xr-x 3 cadams cadams 4.0K Dec 25 1999 scripts
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 608K Dec 24 1999 sysop.gui
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 617K Dec 24 1999 sysop.htm
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 626K Dec 24 1999 sysop.txt cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ ./bcfg4 0
    -bash: ./bcfg4: No such file or directory
    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$


    On 17:37 23/11 , Jeff Smith wrote:
    Hello Chad,

    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$

    Ok, you installed BBBS to the /var/opt/bbbs directory? Who owns the >/var/opt/bbbs directory? It appears that you are running BBBS as user
    "irc". At a command prompt do a "ls -l -d /var/opt/bbbs" to see the ownership
    and current permissions of the directory where you have BBBS installed.

    Here everything in /var/opt is owned by root. And here BBBS is run as user bbbs
    and BBBS is installed at /home/bbbs and a "ls -l -d /home/bbbs" shows:

    drwxr-xr-x 58 bbbs bbbs 20480 Nov 23 23:00 /home/bbbs

    Which shows that /home/bbbs is owned by group "bbbs" and user "bbbs" and >drwxr-xr-x means:

    "d" means the subject is a directory and not a file.

    "rwx" means the directory's owner "bbbs" can list its contents, create new >files within it, and descend into it.

    "r-x" means members of the directory's group can list its contents and descend >into it

    "r-x" means other users can list the directory's contents and descend into it

    And a ls -l /home/bbbs/bcfg4 shows

    -rwxrwxr-x 1 bbbs bbbs 278528 Dec 13 2016 /home/bbbs/bcfg4

    The first "-" means that it is a file and not a directory.

    "r" means that user "bbbs" has read access

    "w" means that user "bbbs" has write access

    "x" means that user "bbbs" has execute access.


    Jeff




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  • From Chad Adams@1:130/210 to All on Fri Nov 24 08:00:57 2017
    For that matter I have chown -R 777 * to ensure there were no permission issues. Same issue. And resulting error.

    On 17:37 23/11 , Jeff Smith wrote:
    Hello Chad,

    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$

    Ok, you installed BBBS to the /var/opt/bbbs directory? Who owns the >/var/opt/bbbs directory? It appears that you are running BBBS as user
    "irc". At a command prompt do a "ls -l -d /var/opt/bbbs" to see the ownership
    and current permissions of the directory where you have BBBS installed.

    Here everything in /var/opt is owned by root. And here BBBS is run as user bbbs
    and BBBS is installed at /home/bbbs and a "ls -l -d /home/bbbs" shows:

    drwxr-xr-x 58 bbbs bbbs 20480 Nov 23 23:00 /home/bbbs

    Which shows that /home/bbbs is owned by group "bbbs" and user "bbbs" and >drwxr-xr-x means:

    "d" means the subject is a directory and not a file.

    "rwx" means the directory's owner "bbbs" can list its contents, create new >files within it, and descend into it.

    "r-x" means members of the directory's group can list its contents and descend >into it

    "r-x" means other users can list the directory's contents and descend into it

    And a ls -l /home/bbbs/bcfg4 shows

    -rwxrwxr-x 1 bbbs bbbs 278528 Dec 13 2016 /home/bbbs/bcfg4

    The first "-" means that it is a file and not a directory.

    "r" means that user "bbbs" has read access

    "w" means that user "bbbs" has write access

    "x" means that user "bbbs" has execute access.


    Jeff




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  • From Chad Adams@1:130/210 to All on Fri Nov 24 08:01:24 2017
    On a previous unzipped directory. Not this one.



    On 02:00 24/11 , Chad Adams wrote:
    For that matter I have chown -R 777 * to ensure there were no permission >issues. Same issue. And resulting error.

    On 17:37 23/11 , Jeff Smith wrote:
    Hello Chad,

    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$

    Ok, you installed BBBS to the /var/opt/bbbs directory? Who owns the >>/var/opt/bbbs directory? It appears that you are running BBBS as user >>"irc". At a command prompt do a "ls -l -d /var/opt/bbbs" to see the >ownership
    and current permissions of the directory where you have BBBS installed.

    Here everything in /var/opt is owned by root. And here BBBS is run as user >bbbs
    and BBBS is installed at /home/bbbs and a "ls -l -d /home/bbbs" shows:

    drwxr-xr-x 58 bbbs bbbs 20480 Nov 23 23:00 /home/bbbs

    Which shows that /home/bbbs is owned by group "bbbs" and user "bbbs" and >>drwxr-xr-x means:

    "d" means the subject is a directory and not a file.

    "rwx" means the directory's owner "bbbs" can list its contents, create new >>files within it, and descend into it.

    "r-x" means members of the directory's group can list its contents and descend
    into it

    "r-x" means other users can list the directory's contents and descend into it >>
    And a ls -l /home/bbbs/bcfg4 shows

    -rwxrwxr-x 1 bbbs bbbs 278528 Dec 13 2016 /home/bbbs/bcfg4

    The first "-" means that it is a file and not a directory.

    "r" means that user "bbbs" has read access

    "w" means that user "bbbs" has write access

    "x" means that user "bbbs" has execute access.


    Jeff




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  • From Nicholas Boel@1:154/10 to Chad Adams on Fri Nov 24 09:04:46 2017
    Hello Chad,

    On Fri Nov 24 2017 08:00:56, Chad Adams wrote to All:

    For that matter I have chown -R 777 * to ensure there were no
    permission issues. Same issue. And resulting error.

    That should be "chmod -R 777 *", not chown. You may have just changed ownership
    to user "777" with what you did above.

    Regards,
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  • From Nicholas Boel@1:154/10 to Chad Adams on Fri Nov 24 09:06:58 2017
    Hello Chad,

    On Fri Nov 24 2017 07:59:18, Chad Adams wrote to All:

    -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 1.2M Jan 27 2007 bbbs
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 5.5K Jan 28 2007 bbbs.001
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 9.9K Jan 28 2007 bbbs.002
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 48K Jan 27 2007 bbbsd
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 58 Dec 24 1999 bbbs.key
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 23K Jan 28 2007 bbbstxt
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 25K Jan 28 2007 bbbstxt1
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 24K Jan 28 2007 bbbstxt2
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 24K Jan 28 2007 bbbstxt3
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 212K Jan 27 2007 bcfg4
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 20K Jan 28 2007 brobo.wht
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 2.4K Jan 28 2007 colors.bbb
    drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 4.0K Jan 28 2007 feelings
    drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 4.0K Dec 24 1999 htdocs
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 5.0K Jan 28 2007 inet.bbb
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 6.7K Jan 28 2007 LICENSE.txt
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 82 Dec 24 1999 login.bbb
    drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 12K Jan 28 2007 menus
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 34 Dec 24 1999 _mg
    drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 4.0K Dec 24 1999 misc
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 601 Dec 24 1999 README.txt
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 7.2K Jan 27 2007 ripc
    drwxr-xr-x 3 cadams cadams 4.0K Dec 25 1999 scripts
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 608K Dec 24 1999 sysop.gui
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 617K Dec 24 1999 sysop.htm
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 626K Dec 24 1999 sysop.txt cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ ./bcfg4 0
    -bash: ./bcfg4: No such file or directory
    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$

    You could try one of two things:

    Try running bcfg4 with sudo, ie: "sudo ./bcfg4 0" (just as a test). If this works, then below would most likely apply.

    Try copying the bbbs directory to /home/cadams and running these there without sudo and as owner cadams (again as a test). You may not be able to own/execute with other users besides root in your /var directory. In Jeff's post, he mentioned having the archive extracted in /var/opt, but he's actually executing
    these files from /home/bbbs in which everything there is owned by bbbs:bbbs, if
    I read correctly.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Chad Adams@1:130/210 to All on Fri Nov 24 10:05:17 2017
    I meant chmod. In fact, I changed the ownership and permissions to cadams and 777 , recursively.

    Sorry for the miscommunication

    On 03:04 24/11 , Nicholas Boel wrote:
    Hello Chad,

    On Fri Nov 24 2017 08:00:56, Chad Adams wrote to All:

    For that matter I have chown -R 777 * to ensure there were no
    permission issues. Same issue. And resulting error.

    That should be "chmod -R 777 *", not chown. You may have just changed ownership
    to user "777" with what you did above.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Chad Adams@1:130/210 to All on Fri Nov 24 10:06:07 2017
    Tried sudo, same issue. I can try in home directory, doubt it will work. Standby.

    On 03:06 24/11 , Nicholas Boel wrote:
    Hello Chad,

    On Fri Nov 24 2017 07:59:18, Chad Adams wrote to All:

    -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 1.2M Jan 27 2007 bbbs
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 5.5K Jan 28 2007 bbbs.001
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 9.9K Jan 28 2007 bbbs.002
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 48K Jan 27 2007 bbbsd
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 58 Dec 24 1999 bbbs.key
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 23K Jan 28 2007 bbbstxt
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 25K Jan 28 2007 bbbstxt1
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 24K Jan 28 2007 bbbstxt2
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 24K Jan 28 2007 bbbstxt3
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 212K Jan 27 2007 bcfg4
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 20K Jan 28 2007 brobo.wht
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 2.4K Jan 28 2007 colors.bbb
    drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 4.0K Jan 28 2007 feelings
    drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 4.0K Dec 24 1999 htdocs
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 5.0K Jan 28 2007 inet.bbb
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 6.7K Jan 28 2007 LICENSE.txt
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 82 Dec 24 1999 login.bbb
    drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 12K Jan 28 2007 menus
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 34 Dec 24 1999 _mg
    drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 4.0K Dec 24 1999 misc
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 601 Dec 24 1999 README.txt
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 7.2K Jan 27 2007 ripc
    drwxr-xr-x 3 cadams cadams 4.0K Dec 25 1999 scripts
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 608K Dec 24 1999 sysop.gui
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 617K Dec 24 1999 sysop.htm
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 626K Dec 24 1999 sysop.txt cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ ./bcfg4 0
    -bash: ./bcfg4: No such file or directory
    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$

    You could try one of two things:

    Try running bcfg4 with sudo, ie: "sudo ./bcfg4 0" (just as a test). If this >works, then below would most likely apply.

    Try copying the bbbs directory to /home/cadams and running these there without >sudo and as owner cadams (again as a test). You may not be able to own/execute >with other users besides root in your /var directory. In Jeff's post, he >mentioned having the archive extracted in /var/opt, but he's actually executing
    these files from /home/bbbs in which everything there is owned by bbbs:bbbs,
    if I read correctly.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Chad Adams@1:130/210 to All on Fri Nov 24 10:09:54 2017
    No on running it from /home/cadams

    I copied the gzip file from www.bbbs.net downloads for intel Linux. Untested into user cadams home sir. See pwd command. Extracted. Ran both as local user and with sudo. File or directory error as before.

    Running Ubuntu 16.04 server.


    Output


    bbbs/menus/editmenu.xg
    bbbs/menus/rmodmini.gr
    bbbs/menus/precreg
    bbbs/menus/mainmens.xg
    bbbs/menus/editmini.gr
    bbbs/menus/msg.www
    bbbs/menus/prereg.3
    bbbs/menus/postreg.1
    bbbs/menus/huntmenu.gr3
    bbbs/menus/fil4mens.gr
    bbbs/menus/mainmenu.xg
    bbbs/menus/dirlist.www
    bbbs/menus/bbbshelp.3
    bbbs/bbbs
    bbbs/inet.bbb
    bbbs/bbbstxt
    file_id.diz
    cadams@irc:~$ ls
    bbbs dead.letter find.sh roundcubemail-1.3.3
    bbbs_lii.tar file_id.diz mail roundcubemail-1.3.3.tar
    cadams@irc:~$ cd bbbs
    cadams@irc:~/bbbs$ pwd
    /home/cadams/bbbs
    cadams@irc:~/bbbs$ ./bcfg4 0
    -bash: ./bcfg4: No such file or directory
    cadams@irc:~/bbbs$ sudo ./bcfg4 0
    [sudo] password for cadams:
    sudo: unable to execute ./bcfg4: No such file or directory
    cadams@irc:~/bbbs$



    On 03:06 24/11 , Nicholas Boel wrote:
    Hello Chad,

    On Fri Nov 24 2017 07:59:18, Chad Adams wrote to All:

    -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 1.2M Jan 27 2007 bbbs
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 5.5K Jan 28 2007 bbbs.001
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 9.9K Jan 28 2007 bbbs.002
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 48K Jan 27 2007 bbbsd
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 58 Dec 24 1999 bbbs.key
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 23K Jan 28 2007 bbbstxt
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 25K Jan 28 2007 bbbstxt1
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 24K Jan 28 2007 bbbstxt2
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 24K Jan 28 2007 bbbstxt3
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 212K Jan 27 2007 bcfg4
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 20K Jan 28 2007 brobo.wht
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 2.4K Jan 28 2007 colors.bbb
    drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 4.0K Jan 28 2007 feelings
    drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 4.0K Dec 24 1999 htdocs
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 5.0K Jan 28 2007 inet.bbb
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 6.7K Jan 28 2007 LICENSE.txt
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 82 Dec 24 1999 login.bbb
    drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 12K Jan 28 2007 menus
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 34 Dec 24 1999 _mg
    drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 4.0K Dec 24 1999 misc
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 601 Dec 24 1999 README.txt
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 7.2K Jan 27 2007 ripc
    drwxr-xr-x 3 cadams cadams 4.0K Dec 25 1999 scripts
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 608K Dec 24 1999 sysop.gui
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 617K Dec 24 1999 sysop.htm
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 626K Dec 24 1999 sysop.txt cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ ./bcfg4 0
    -bash: ./bcfg4: No such file or directory
    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$

    You could try one of two things:

    Try running bcfg4 with sudo, ie: "sudo ./bcfg4 0" (just as a test). If this >works, then below would most likely apply.

    Try copying the bbbs directory to /home/cadams and running these there without >sudo and as owner cadams (again as a test). You may not be able to own/execute >with other users besides root in your /var directory. In Jeff's post, he >mentioned having the archive extracted in /var/opt, but he's actually executing
    these files from /home/bbbs in which everything there is owned by bbbs:bbbs,
    if I read correctly.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Chad Adams@1:130/210 to All on Fri Nov 24 10:11:03 2017
    That should have said untarred, not untested. Autocorrect.

    I'm starting to this this build is either bad, or doesn't work on ubuntu
    (which I doubt since others have run it on Ubuntu, and Debian variants)



    On 04:09 24/11 , Chad Adams wrote:
    No on running it from /home/cadams

    I copied the gzip file from www.bbbs.net downloads for intel Linux. Untested >into user cadams home sir. See pwd command. Extracted. Ran both as local user >and with sudo. File or directory error as before.

    Running Ubuntu 16.04 server.


    Output


    bbbs/menus/editmenu.xg
    bbbs/menus/rmodmini.gr
    bbbs/menus/precreg
    bbbs/menus/mainmens.xg
    bbbs/menus/editmini.gr
    bbbs/menus/msg.www
    bbbs/menus/prereg.3
    bbbs/menus/postreg.1
    bbbs/menus/huntmenu.gr3
    bbbs/menus/fil4mens.gr
    bbbs/menus/mainmenu.xg
    bbbs/menus/dirlist.www
    bbbs/menus/bbbshelp.3
    bbbs/bbbs
    bbbs/inet.bbb
    bbbs/bbbstxt
    file_id.diz
    cadams@irc:~$ ls
    bbbs dead.letter find.sh roundcubemail-1.3.3
    bbbs_lii.tar file_id.diz mail roundcubemail-1.3.3.tar
    cadams@irc:~$ cd bbbs
    cadams@irc:~/bbbs$ pwd
    /home/cadams/bbbs
    cadams@irc:~/bbbs$ ./bcfg4 0
    -bash: ./bcfg4: No such file or directory
    cadams@irc:~/bbbs$ sudo ./bcfg4 0
    [sudo] password for cadams:
    sudo: unable to execute ./bcfg4: No such file or directory
    cadams@irc:~/bbbs$



    On 03:06 24/11 , Nicholas Boel wrote:
    Hello Chad,

    On Fri Nov 24 2017 07:59:18, Chad Adams wrote to All:

    -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 1.2M Jan 27 2007 bbbs
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 5.5K Jan 28 2007 bbbs.001
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 9.9K Jan 28 2007 bbbs.002
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 48K Jan 27 2007 bbbsd
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 58 Dec 24 1999 bbbs.key
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 23K Jan 28 2007 bbbstxt
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 25K Jan 28 2007 bbbstxt1
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 24K Jan 28 2007 bbbstxt2
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 24K Jan 28 2007 bbbstxt3
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 212K Jan 27 2007 bcfg4
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 20K Jan 28 2007 brobo.wht
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 2.4K Jan 28 2007 colors.bbb
    drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 4.0K Jan 28 2007 feelings
    drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 4.0K Dec 24 1999 htdocs
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 5.0K Jan 28 2007 inet.bbb
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 6.7K Jan 28 2007 LICENSE.txt
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 82 Dec 24 1999 login.bbb
    drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 12K Jan 28 2007 menus
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 34 Dec 24 1999 _mg
    drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 4.0K Dec 24 1999 misc
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 601 Dec 24 1999 README.txt
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 7.2K Jan 27 2007 ripc
    drwxr-xr-x 3 cadams cadams 4.0K Dec 25 1999 scripts
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 608K Dec 24 1999 sysop.gui
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 617K Dec 24 1999 sysop.htm
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 626K Dec 24 1999 sysop.txt
    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ ./bcfg4 0
    -bash: ./bcfg4: No such file or directory
    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$

    You could try one of two things:

    Try running bcfg4 with sudo, ie: "sudo ./bcfg4 0" (just as a test). If this >>works, then below would most likely apply.

    Try copying the bbbs directory to /home/cadams and running these there without
    sudo and as owner cadams (again as a test). You may not be able to own/execute
    with other users besides root in your /var directory. In Jeff's post, he >>mentioned having the archive extracted in /var/opt, but he's actually >executing
    these files from /home/bbbs in which everything there is owned by bbbs:bbbs, >>if I read correctly.

    Regards,
    Nick

    ... "Не знаю. Я здесь только работаю."
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  • From Chad Adams@1:130/210 to All on Fri Nov 24 10:13:47 2017
    Oh and just to show that the file is actually there here is output from ls -alh

    drwxr-xr-x 7 cadams cadams 4.0K Nov 24 10:06 ..
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 63K Jan 27 2007 bag
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 1.2M Jan 27 2007 bbbs
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 5.5K Jan 28 2007 bbbs.001
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 9.9K Jan 28 2007 bbbs.002
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 48K Jan 27 2007 bbbsd
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 58 Dec 24 1999 bbbs.key
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 23K Jan 28 2007 bbbstxt
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 25K Jan 28 2007 bbbstxt1
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 24K Jan 28 2007 bbbstxt2
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 24K Jan 28 2007 bbbstxt3
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 212K Jan 27 2007 bcfg4
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 20K Jan 28 2007 brobo.wht
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 2.4K Jan 28 2007 colors.bbb
    drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 4.0K Jan 28 2007 feelings
    drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 4.0K Dec 24 1999 htdocs
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 5.0K Jan 28 2007 inet.bbb
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 6.7K Jan 28 2007 LICENSE.txt
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 82 Dec 24 1999 login.bbb
    drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 12K Jan 28 2007 menus
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 34 Dec 24 1999 _mg
    drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 4.0K Dec 24 1999 misc
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 601 Dec 24 1999 README.txt
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 7.2K Jan 27 2007 ripc
    drwxr-xr-x 3 cadams cadams 4.0K Dec 25 1999 scripts
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 608K Dec 24 1999 sysop.gui
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 617K Dec 24 1999 sysop.htm
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 626K Dec 24 1999 sysop.txt
    cadams@irc:~/bbbs$


    On 04:11 24/11 , Chad Adams wrote:
    That should have said untarred, not untested. Autocorrect.

    I'm starting to this this build is either bad, or doesn't work on ubuntu >(which I doubt since others have run it on Ubuntu, and Debian variants)



    On 04:09 24/11 , Chad Adams wrote:
    No on running it from /home/cadams

    I copied the gzip file from www.bbbs.net downloads for intel Linux. Untested >>into user cadams home sir. See pwd command. Extracted. Ran both as local user >>and with sudo. File or directory error as before.

    Running Ubuntu 16.04 server.


    Output


    bbbs/menus/editmenu.xg
    bbbs/menus/rmodmini.gr
    bbbs/menus/precreg
    bbbs/menus/mainmens.xg
    bbbs/menus/editmini.gr
    bbbs/menus/msg.www
    bbbs/menus/prereg.3
    bbbs/menus/postreg.1
    bbbs/menus/huntmenu.gr3
    bbbs/menus/fil4mens.gr
    bbbs/menus/mainmenu.xg
    bbbs/menus/dirlist.www
    bbbs/menus/bbbshelp.3
    bbbs/bbbs
    bbbs/inet.bbb
    bbbs/bbbstxt
    file_id.diz
    cadams@irc:~$ ls
    bbbs dead.letter find.sh roundcubemail-1.3.3
    bbbs_lii.tar file_id.diz mail roundcubemail-1.3.3.tar
    cadams@irc:~$ cd bbbs
    cadams@irc:~/bbbs$ pwd
    /home/cadams/bbbs
    cadams@irc:~/bbbs$ ./bcfg4 0
    -bash: ./bcfg4: No such file or directory
    cadams@irc:~/bbbs$ sudo ./bcfg4 0
    [sudo] password for cadams:
    sudo: unable to execute ./bcfg4: No such file or directory >>cadams@irc:~/bbbs$



    On 03:06 24/11 , Nicholas Boel wrote:
    Hello Chad,

    On Fri Nov 24 2017 07:59:18, Chad Adams wrote to All:

    -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 1.2M Jan 27 2007 bbbs
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 5.5K Jan 28 2007 bbbs.001
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 9.9K Jan 28 2007 bbbs.002
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 48K Jan 27 2007 bbbsd
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 58 Dec 24 1999 bbbs.key
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 23K Jan 28 2007 bbbstxt
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 25K Jan 28 2007 bbbstxt1
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 24K Jan 28 2007 bbbstxt2
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 24K Jan 28 2007 bbbstxt3
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 212K Jan 27 2007 bcfg4
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 20K Jan 28 2007 brobo.wht
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 2.4K Jan 28 2007 colors.bbb
    drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 4.0K Jan 28 2007 feelings
    drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 4.0K Dec 24 1999 htdocs
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 5.0K Jan 28 2007 inet.bbb
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 6.7K Jan 28 2007 LICENSE.txt
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 82 Dec 24 1999 login.bbb
    drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 12K Jan 28 2007 menus
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 34 Dec 24 1999 _mg
    drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 4.0K Dec 24 1999 misc
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 601 Dec 24 1999 README.txt
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 7.2K Jan 27 2007 ripc
    drwxr-xr-x 3 cadams cadams 4.0K Dec 25 1999 scripts
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 608K Dec 24 1999 sysop.gui
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 617K Dec 24 1999 sysop.htm
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 626K Dec 24 1999 sysop.txt
    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ ./bcfg4 0
    -bash: ./bcfg4: No such file or directory
    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$

    You could try one of two things:

    Try running bcfg4 with sudo, ie: "sudo ./bcfg4 0" (just as a test). If this >>>works, then below would most likely apply.

    Try copying the bbbs directory to /home/cadams and running these there >without
    sudo and as owner cadams (again as a test). You may not be able to >own/execute
    with other users besides root in your /var directory. In Jeff's post, he >>>mentioned having the archive extracted in /var/opt, but he's actually >>executing
    these files from /home/bbbs in which everything there is owned by bbbs:bbbs,
    if I read correctly.

    Regards,
    Nick

    ... "Не знаю. Я здесь только работаю."
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  • From Jeff Smith@1:282/1031 to Nicholas Boel on Fri Nov 24 11:01:16 2017
    Hello Nicholas,


    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ ./bcfg4 0

    -bash: ./bcfg4: No such file or directory

    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$

    You could try one of two things:
    Try running bcfg4 with sudo, ie: "sudo ./bcfg4 0" (just as a test). If this works, then below would most likely apply.
    Try copying the bbbs directory to /home/cadams and running these there without >sudo and as owner cadams (again as a test). You may not be able to own/execute
    with other users besides root in your /var directory.

    From Chad's post I concluded that he had installed BBBS to the /var/opt/bbbs directory. If that was the case it would have explained why he was having ownership/permission issues.

    In Jeff's post, he
    mentioned having the archive extracted in /var/opt, but he's actually executin >these files from /home/bbbs in which everything there is owned by bbbs:bbbs, i
    I read correctly.

    No, actually I installed BBBS here in the /home/bbbs directory. In part to to avoid any ownership issues since everything in BBBS's home directory is owned by the user "bbbs". With BBBS the only time root access might be required is when loading bbbsd so that it can bind to the necessary <1024 ports. And even that can be avoided through port mapping.


    Jeff


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  • From Rudi Timmermans@2:292/140 to Chad Adams on Fri Nov 24 18:30:02 2017
    Hi,

    -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 1.2M Jan 27 2007 bbbs
    -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 5.5K Jan 28 2007 bbbs.001

    I run BBBS on a PI, and i had the some problem almost like you, i run it now from my home/bbbs and now it works perfect.

    Mebay this can help just sugestion...

    Greetings,

    Rudi

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Chad Adams on Fri Nov 24 09:15:42 2017

    On 2017 Nov 23 21:17:50, you wrote to All:

    Yea whatever the name is is what I used. Basically, all the Linux executables say no file Or path found when you try to execute them on Ubuntu. I tried all of the executables. Bbbs bbbsd, bcfg file, etc.

    I don't know what. I am not a newbie Linux user. I have ensured permissions were correct, both file and directory. I redownloaded the file from bbbs website, same thing. Tried multiple times.

    this sounds like you're trying to run 32bit on a 64bit system that has no 32bit
    support... what does the following tell you?

    file /var/opt/bbbs/bcfg4


    also take a look with ldd...

    ldd /var/opt/bbbs/bcfg4


    file will tell you if it is 32bit or 64bit... ldd will tell you if you are maybe missing some libraries it is trying to load... ahhh, might better take a look at permissions, too...

    ls -la /var/opt/bbbs


    FWIW: you really should apply those updates and security fixes to your linux ;)

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  • From Chad Adams@1:130/210 to All on Fri Nov 24 15:12:10 2017
    Here is output:

    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ file bcfg4
    bcfg4: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib/ld-linux.so.2, for GNU/Linux 2.2.5, stripped cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ ldd bcfg4
    not a dynamic executable
    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$


    On 03:15 24/11 , mark lewis wrote:

    On 2017 Nov 23 21:17:50, you wrote to All:

    Yea whatever the name is is what I used. Basically, all the Linux executables say no file Or path found when you try to execute them on Ubuntu. I tried all of the executables. Bbbs bbbsd, bcfg file, etc.

    I don't know what. I am not a newbie Linux user. I have ensured permissions were correct, both file and directory. I redownloaded the file from bbbs website, same thing. Tried multiple times.

    this sounds like you're trying to run 32bit on a 64bit system that has no 32bit
    support... what does the following tell you?

    file /var/opt/bbbs/bcfg4


    also take a look with ldd...

    ldd /var/opt/bbbs/bcfg4


    file will tell you if it is 32bit or 64bit... ldd will tell you if you are >maybe missing some libraries it is trying to load... ahhh, might better take a >look at permissions, too...

    ls -la /var/opt/bbbs


    FWIW: you really should apply those updates and security fixes to your linux ;)

    )\/(ark

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  • From Chad Adams@1:130/210 to All on Fri Nov 24 15:12:48 2017
    Permissions are fine.

    On 03:15 24/11 , mark lewis wrote:

    On 2017 Nov 23 21:17:50, you wrote to All:

    Yea whatever the name is is what I used. Basically, all the Linux executables say no file Or path found when you try to execute them on Ubuntu. I tried all of the executables. Bbbs bbbsd, bcfg file, etc.

    I don't know what. I am not a newbie Linux user. I have ensured permissions were correct, both file and directory. I redownloaded the file from bbbs website, same thing. Tried multiple times.

    this sounds like you're trying to run 32bit on a 64bit system that has no 32bit
    support... what does the following tell you?

    file /var/opt/bbbs/bcfg4


    also take a look with ldd...

    ldd /var/opt/bbbs/bcfg4


    file will tell you if it is 32bit or 64bit... ldd will tell you if you are >maybe missing some libraries it is trying to load... ahhh, might better take a >look at permissions, too...

    ls -la /var/opt/bbbs


    FWIW: you really should apply those updates and security fixes to your linux ;)

    )\/(ark

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  • From Chad Adams@1:130/210 to All on Fri Nov 24 15:19:43 2017
    Fixed it - mark gave me what I needed.

    So I was missing /lib/led-Linux.so.2

    Install libc6 libraries which included that library and it worked fine.

    Might need to put that in the docs that that library is needed because the output doesn't really point to the right place.

    Thanks for the info mark!

    On 09:12 24/11 , Chad Adams wrote:
    Here is output:

    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ file bcfg4
    bcfg4: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically >linked, interpreter /lib/ld-linux.so.2, for GNU/Linux 2.2.5, stripped >cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ ldd bcfg4
    not a dynamic executable
    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$


    On 03:15 24/11 , mark lewis wrote:

    On 2017 Nov 23 21:17:50, you wrote to All:

    Yea whatever the name is is what I used. Basically, all the Linux
    executables say no file Or path found when you try to execute them on
    Ubuntu. I tried all of the executables. Bbbs bbbsd, bcfg file, etc.

    I don't know what. I am not a newbie Linux user. I have ensured
    permissions were correct, both file and directory. I redownloaded the >> CA> file from bbbs website, same thing. Tried multiple times.

    this sounds like you're trying to run 32bit on a 64bit system that has no >32bit
    support... what does the following tell you?

    file /var/opt/bbbs/bcfg4


    also take a look with ldd...

    ldd /var/opt/bbbs/bcfg4


    file will tell you if it is 32bit or 64bit... ldd will tell you if you are >>maybe missing some libraries it is trying to load... ahhh, might better
    take a
    look at permissions, too...

    ls -la /var/opt/bbbs


    FWIW: you really should apply those updates and security fixes to your linux >;)

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  • From Enric Lleal@2:222/2 to Chad Adams on Fri Nov 24 08:44:06 2017
    Hi Chad,

    Also, I tried every other executable.
    You can see they are listed.

    My two cents...

    First, have you defined the variable $BBBSDIR with the path to your bbbs binaries?
    Second, I assume the answer as yes but, are you sure that if your box is a 64bit linux, your bbbs bundle is 64bit too? If not, maybe you have to assure that your 64bit linux has installed the 32bit compatibility layer (and maybe you will have to add multiarch support too).

    My extra coin is to validate that all is fine with your biinaries: try to stat,
    file, ldd or strace over any of your binaries and review the output in order to
    catch problems, insatisfied dependencies, etc..

    Good luck, and let us now... ;-)

    A reveure!!
    Enric
    (a catalan sysop!)

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  • From Chad Adams@1:130/210 to All on Fri Nov 24 21:27:50 2017
    The answer to all your questions is yes. It's 65 bit and etc.

    I had a library missing that bbbs relies on. Bbbs doesn't give a very good error message so I found it by running file on the bbbs executable and seeing the library it needed. I installed the library, which is not default
    installed on Ubuntu server x64 an

    I posted earlier and stated what I found.

    On 02:44 24/11 , Enric Lleal wrote:
    Hi Chad,

    Also, I tried every other executable.
    You can see they are listed.

    My two cents...

    First, have you defined the variable $BBBSDIR with the path to your bbbs >binaries?
    Second, I assume the answer as yes but, are you sure that if your box is a >64bit linux, your bbbs bundle is 64bit too? If not, maybe you have to assure >that your 64bit linux has installed the 32bit compatibility layer (and maybe >you will have to add multiarch support too).

    My extra coin is to validate that all is fine with your biinaries: try to stat,
    file, ldd or strace over any of your binaries and review the output in order
    to catch problems, insatisfied dependencies, etc..

    Good luck, and let us now... ;-)

    A reveure!!
    Enric
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  • From Nic Smith@1:229/426 to Chad Adams on Fri Nov 24 23:01:48 2017
    You can thank the OS itself for the cryptic error message. When it tries to load the dynamic linker referenced in the executable's ELF header and can't find it you get the same "file not found" error as you would for any nonexistent file. By default 16.04 only installs 64bit and you must install the 32bit version in order to have a multilib system capable of executing both. The 64bit version of the linker is named ld-linux-x86-64.so.2

    And it's not exactly specific to BBBS. All dynamically-linked 32bit programs require that you have the 32bit libraries installed. They can't talk to the 64bit ones at all.

    Chad Adams wrote to All <=-

    Fixed it - mark gave me what I needed.

    So I was missing /lib/led-Linux.so.2

    Install libc6 libraries which included that library and it worked fine.

    Might need to put that in the docs that that library is needed because
    the output doesn't really point to the right place.

    Thanks for the info mark!

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Chad Adams on Sat Nov 25 06:32:04 2017

    On 2017 Nov 24 21:27:50, you wrote to All:

    I had a library missing that bbbs relies on. Bbbs doesn't give a very
    good error message [...]

    FWIW: that really isn't BBBS giving that error message... it is but it isn't...
    it is the library code that emits that... something very similar is seen on pure 64bit systems when trying to run 32bit binaries on them... basically it is
    complaining that it cannot find the shared library that it needs so in a way, the "file not found" response is correct... it just doesn't tell you which file... sadly, there's not much the maintainer can do about that other than to try to document what external libraries are needed to execute the program...

    )\/(ark

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  • From Chad Adams@1:130/210 to All on Sat Nov 25 08:22:56 2017
    I guess that's where I was pulling my hair. I read the docs and never found anything saying what libraries were needed to just get it to run.

    I understand the message was from it looking for the executable. Not a big deal, but tat library is not default installed on Ubuntu server (maybe other flavors if Debian based) but without knowing I would never know.

    Bbbs has good documentation for the most part but the install is lacking. It literally had no troubleshooting that I found and just assumes it installs fine. There are many packages of libraries out there that in current days
    might be needed.

    Not bashing anything just giving BBbS some feedback. Do what you like. BBBS
    is somewhat complicated and this is a tough issue if you don't know BBBS such as myself being a new user to it. And everyone on here didn't think of it either, or even know, becau
    People asked about my permissions. I wrote at least 5 times permissions were right.

    But it's all working. Just wanted to provide some feedback in maybe something that would help new users. Only reason I posted my experience.

    And that's for Telling me about file which lead me to the issue.

    On 00:32 25/11 , mark lewis wrote:

    On 2017 Nov 24 21:27:50, you wrote to All:

    I had a library missing that bbbs relies on. Bbbs doesn't give a very good error message [...]

    FWIW: that really isn't BBBS giving that error message... it is but it isn't...
    it is the library code that emits that... something very similar is seen on
    pure 64bit systems when trying to run 32bit binaries on them... basically it is
    complaining that it cannot find the shared library that it needs so in a way,
    the "file not found" response is correct... it just doesn't tell you which >file... sadly, there's not much the maintainer can do about that other than to >try to document what external libraries are needed to execute the program...

    )\/(ark

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  • From Chad Adams@1:130/210 to All on Sat Nov 25 08:24:22 2017
    Thanks for telling me rather!

    Cheers and happy thanksgiving.

    On 02:22 25/11 , Chad Adams wrote:
    I guess that's where I was pulling my hair. I read the docs and never found >anything saying what libraries were needed to just get it to run.

    I understand the message was from it looking for the executable. Not a big >deal, but tat library is not default installed on Ubuntu server (maybe other >flavors if Debian based) but without knowing I would never know.

    Bbbs has good documentation for the most part but the install is lacking. It >literally had no troubleshooting that I found and just assumes it installs >fine. There are many packages of libraries out there that in current days >might be needed.

    Not bashing anything just giving BBbS some feedback. Do what you like. BBBS >is somewhat complicated and this is a tough issue if you don't know BBBS such >as myself being a new user to it. And everyone on here didn't think of it >either, or even know, becau
    People asked about my permissions. I wrote at least 5 times permissions were >right.

    But it's all working. Just wanted to provide some feedback in maybe something >that would help new users. Only reason I posted my experience.

    And that's for Telling me about file which lead me to the issue.

    On 00:32 25/11 , mark lewis wrote:

    On 2017 Nov 24 21:27:50, you wrote to All:

    I had a library missing that bbbs relies on. Bbbs doesn't give a very
    good error message [...]

    FWIW: that really isn't BBBS giving that error message... it is but it >isn't...
    it is the library code that emits that... something very similar is seen on >>pure 64bit systems when trying to run 32bit binaries on them... basically it >is
    complaining that it cannot find the shared library that it needs so in a way,
    the "file not found" response is correct... it just doesn't tell you which >>file... sadly, there's not much the maintainer can do about that other than to
    try to document what external libraries are needed to execute the program... >>
    )\/(ark

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  • From Nicholas Boel@1:154/10 to Chad Adams on Sat Nov 25 10:37:24 2017
    Hello Chad,

    On Fri Nov 24 2017 10:09:54, Chad Adams wrote to All:

    No on running it from /home/cadams

    I copied the gzip file from www.bbbs.net downloads for intel Linux. Untested into user cadams home sir. See pwd command. Extracted. Ran
    both as local user and with sudo. File or directory error as before.

    Running Ubuntu 16.04 server.

    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ ./bcfg4 0
    -bash: ./bcfg4: No such file or directory
    cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$

    I just snagged that package and had the same results. Your next step would probably be to email/contact the author.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Nicholas Boel@1:154/10 to Jeff Smith on Sat Nov 25 10:40:04 2017
    Hello Jeff,

    On Fri Nov 24 2017 11:01:16, Jeff Smith wrote to Nicholas Boel:

    No, actually I installed BBBS here in the /home/bbbs directory. In
    part to to avoid any ownership issues since everything in BBBS's home directory is owned by the user "bbbs". With BBBS the only time root
    access might be required is when loading bbbsd so that it can bind to
    the necessary <1024 ports. And even that can be avoided through port mapping.

    Ok. Either way, I grabbed the archive and tried for myself with the same results. Even though those files are executable, they don't actually run and give a "Bad command of file name" error. I'm wondering if Kim created another step or the archive is just bad. Here's the steps I took:

    user/group axisd:axisd

    /home/axisd/tmp $ wget www.bbbs.net/ftp/bbbs_lii.tar.gz
    /home/axisd/tmp $ gunzip bbbs*
    /home/axisd/tmp $ tar xvpf bbbs*
    /home/axisd/tmp $ cd bbbs
    /home/axisd/tmp $ ./bcfg4 0
    Bad command or file name
    /home/axisd/tmp $ ./bbbs
    Bad command or file name

    This was with an Archlinux VM on an HP Proliant server with an Intel Xeon processor.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Nicholas Boel@1:154/10 to Chad Adams on Sat Nov 25 11:06:30 2017
    Hello Chad,

    On Sat Nov 25 2017 08:22:56, Chad Adams wrote to All:

    I guess that's where I was pulling my hair. I read the docs and never found anything saying what libraries were needed to just get it to
    run.

    I read README.txt after the fact, and it seems to mention one library at least.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Rudi Timmermans@2:292/140 to Nicholas Boel on Sat Nov 25 19:03:30 2017
    Hi Nicholas,

    I just snagged that package and had the same results. Your next step would probably be to email/contact the author.

    If i'm not mistake Kim told about that here in the echo when release the version...


    Greetings,

    Rudi

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Rudi Timmermans on Sat Nov 25 13:54:06 2017

    On 2017 Nov 25 19:03:30, you wrote to Nicholas Boel:

    I just snagged that package and had the same results. Your next step
    would probably be to email/contact the author.

    If i'm not mistake Kim told about that here in the echo when release
    the version...

    he might have but there's a lot of people that do not keep echomail over 30 days... plus, if you get a new operator setting up, they may not have access to
    historical posts for various reasons (eg: not a fidonet member)...

    )\/(ark

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  • From Rudi Timmermans@2:292/140 to mark lewis on Sat Nov 25 21:01:34 2017
    Hi Mark,

    he might have but there's a lot of people that do not keep echomail over 30
    days... plus, if you get a new operator setting up, they may not have access t
    historical posts for various reasons (eg: not a fidonet member)...

    Yes that can be true, but you can e-mail Kim for help also ;) And even you can still find the solution on his webbbs of on Janis webbbs...

    Rudi

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  • From Chad Adams@1:130/210 to All on Sat Nov 25 17:36:03 2017
    You need a library Ubuntu doesn't install. I posted the name in another post

    On 04:40 25/11 , Nicholas Boel wrote:
    Hello Jeff,

    On Fri Nov 24 2017 11:01:16, Jeff Smith wrote to Nicholas Boel:

    No, actually I installed BBBS here in the /home/bbbs directory. In
    part to to avoid any ownership issues since everything in BBBS's home directory is owned by the user "bbbs". With BBBS the only time root access might be required is when loading bbbsd so that it can bind to
    the necessary <1024 ports. And even that can be avoided through port mapping.

    Ok. Either way, I grabbed the archive and tried for myself with the same >results. Even though those files are executable, they don't actually run and >give a "Bad command of file name" error. I'm wondering if Kim created another >step or the archive is just bad. Here's the steps I took:

    user/group axisd:axisd

    /home/axisd/tmp $ wget www.bbbs.net/ftp/bbbs_lii.tar.gz
    /home/axisd/tmp $ gunzip bbbs*
    /home/axisd/tmp $ tar xvpf bbbs*
    /home/axisd/tmp $ cd bbbs
    /home/axisd/tmp $ ./bcfg4 0
    Bad command or file name
    /home/axisd/tmp $ ./bbbs
    Bad command or file name

    This was with an Archlinux VM on an HP Proliant server with an Intel Xeon >processor.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Jeff Smith@1:282/1031 to Nicholas Boel on Sat Nov 25 20:28:44 2017
    Hello Nicholas,
    On Fri Nov 24 2017 11:01:16, Jeff Smith wrote to Nicholas Boel:

    Ok. Either way, I grabbed the archive and tried for myself with the same results. Even though those files are executable, they don't actually run and give a "Bad command of file name" error. I'm wondering if Kim created another step or the archive is just bad. Here's the steps I took:

    I took basically the same steps with the exception of a different directory path (/home/bbs/bbbs/). And got the same result.

    /home/axisd/tmp $ ./bcfg4 0
    Bad command or file name
    /home/axisd/tmp $ ./bbbs
    Bad command or file name

    I did a "objdump -p /home/bbs/bbbs/bcfg4 | grep NEEDED" from a terminal window and got a response:

    NEEDED libpthread.so.0
    NEEDED libc.so.6

    Which tells me that the BBBS executable needs or can't find the specified libraries.

    A second thought was to check to verify that the executables were 32b or 64b executables. I used the command "file /home/bbs/bbbs/bcfg4". It turned out that
    the files were actually 32b executables. And the OS here is 64b Ubuntu.

    It should be noted that 64b Linux should be able to run a 32b executable. But in some cases the needed libraries do exist but can't be found.

    This was with an Archlinux VM on an HP Proliant server with an Intel Xeon processor.

    It should also be noted that I haven't used or tried to install those older releases of BBBS in some years. I initially installed the Win32 version of BBBS and then later moved over to the Lin64 version.


    Jeff

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  • From Robert Wolfe@1:261/20 to Chad Adams on Mon Jan 15 09:02:36 2018
    I copied the gzip file from www.bbbs.net downloads for intel Linux. Untested into user cadams home sir. See pwd command. Extracted. Ran both as local user and with sudo. File or directory error as before.

    Just a thought here, and I am not sure if that version of Ubuntu has selinux or
    not, but if it does, have you tried setting it up to run in permissive mode and then rebooting the machine?

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  • From Robert Wolfe@1:261/20 to Chad Adams on Mon Jan 15 09:03:24 2018
    The answer to all your questions is yes. It's 65 bit and etc.

    I had a library missing that bbbs relies on. Bbbs doesn't give a very good error message so I found it by running file on the bbbs executable and seeing the library it needed. I installed the library, which is not default installed on Ubuntu server x64 an

    I posted earlier and stated what I found.

    Ah, ok, then I was way off base with my previous reply then. Sorry about that.

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