Hello everyone. I've been making some head way on this new ArchLinux and MBSE but I've hit yet another snag. I can connect to the bbs using ssh but for telnet it's giving me an error after logging in that "BBS is not allowed on this port". I thought this strange as the docs say network connections don't need to be setup in the TTY Lines any more. That and I haven't setup any for the SSH connections. It must be something that telnetd is reporting back to the mblogin program but I don't know how to find this out.

Stephen


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Hello Stephen!

Wednesday January 27 2016 16:15, you wrote to All:

Hello everyone. I've been making some head way on this new ArchLinux
and MBSE but I've hit yet another snag. I can connect to the bbs
using ssh but for telnet it's giving me an error after logging in that
"BBS is not allowed on this port". I thought this strange as the docs
say network connections don't need to be setup in the TTY Lines any
more. That and I haven't setup any for the SSH connections. It must
be something that telnetd is reporting back to the mblogin program but
I don't know how to find this out.

Have you got in /etc -

xinetd.d

and in that mbsebbs

that contains:

#:MBSE BBS services are defined here.
#
# Author: Michiel Broek <mbse@mbse.eu>, 27-Sep-2004

service binkp
{
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
wait = no
user = mbse
instances = 10
server = /home/mbse/bin/mbcico
server_args = -t ibn
}

service fido
{
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
wait = no
user = mbse
instances = 10
server = /home/mbse/bin/mbcico
server_args = -t ifc
}

service tfido
{
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
wait = no
user = mbse
instances = 10
server = /home/mbse/bin/mbcico
server_args = -t itn
}

# Telnet to the bbs using mblogin, disabled by default.
#
service telnet
{
disable = no
protocol = tcp
instances = 10
flags = REUSE
log_on_failure += USERID
socket_type = stream
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/telnetd
server_args = -L /home/mbse/bin/mblogin
wait = no
}


If so then change the 'disable = no' to 'disable = yes'

Now this is on the basis that you have installed telnetd !


Vince

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Stephen Atkins wrote to All:

Hello everyone. I've been making some head way on this new ArchLinux and MBSE
but I've hit yet another snag. I can connect to the bbs using ssh but for telnet it's giving me an error after logging in that "BBS is not allowed on
this port". I thought this strange as the docs say network connections don't
need to be setup in the TTY Lines any more. That and I haven't setup any for
the SSH connections. It must be something that telnetd is reporting back to
the mblogin program but I don't know how to find this out.

Not to worry everyone. I got it figured out. Turns out my xinet.d was not being run at boot when I thought it was. Sorry for the hassle.

Stephen


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Vince Coen wrote to Stephen Atkins:

Hello Stephen!

Wednesday January 27 2016 16:15, you wrote to All:

Hello everyone. I've been making some head way on this new ArchLinux and MBSE but I've hit yet another snag. I can connect to the bbs
using ssh but for telnet it's giving me an error after logging in that "BBS is not allowed on this port". I thought this strange as the docs say network connections don't need to be setup in the TTY Lines any more. That and I haven't setup any for the SSH connections. It must
be something that telnetd is reporting back to the mblogin program but
I don't know how to find this out.

Have you got in /etc -

xinetd.d

and in that mbsebbs

So I spoke to soon in my previous email. xinetd is being run at boot. I have that exact same file you have in your reply to me in my /etc/xinetd.d directory. When I run the xinetd service manually it shows in the logs that it
is listening on that port (22). I have telnetd installed but noticed that I had to change the -L /opt/mbse/mblogin to a -E in this version of telnetd.

So my machine does answer the telnet connection and let me log in to the bbs and shows me the first welcome screen. At the bottom of that welcome screen it
says "BBS is not allowed on thsi port" and hangs up. When I connected this time the sysop shows that I was connect to pts/3. Is it possible that ArchLinux has a different naming for telnet sessions? I do thind this strange in that I can SSH as right now I'm using the board in a ssh session and it's on
tty pts/1.

Stephen


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Hello Stephen!

Friday January 29 2016 08:47, you wrote to me:

It might not be too happy by you using a local port to do a telnet - can't remember when I played with it but I do have issues using Mageia in that creating passwords (or updating them) is an issue.

So try logging in using the internet round robin by running telnet to your IP address and see what happens then.

Next go into the setting menus option 6 and check if you have enabled all tty ports (1 - 6) by setting

6 = Local
7 = Yes
9 = No


Vince

OK, clutching at straws here :)

Vince Coen wrote to Stephen Atkins:

Hello Stephen!

Wednesday January 27 2016 16:15, you wrote to All:

Hello everyone. I've been making some head way on this new

ArchLinux

and MBSE but I've hit yet another snag. I can connect to the

bbs

using ssh but for telnet it's giving me an error after logging

in that

"BBS is not allowed on this port". I thought this strange as

the docs

say network connections don't need to be setup in the TTY Lines

any

more. That and I haven't setup any for the SSH connections.

It must

be something that telnetd is reporting back to the mblogin

program but

I don't know how to find this out.

Have you got in /etc -

xinetd.d

and in that mbsebbs

So I spoke to soon in my previous email. xinetd is being run at boot.
I have that exact same file you have in your reply to me in my
/etc/xinetd.d directory. When I run the xinetd service manually it
shows in the logs that it is listening on that port (22). I have
telnetd installed but noticed that I had to change the -L
/opt/mbse/mblogin to a -E in this version of telnetd.

So my machine does answer the telnet connection and let me log in to
the bbs and shows me the first welcome screen. At the bottom of that welcome screen it says "BBS is not allowed on thsi port" and hangs up.
When I connected this time the sysop shows that I was connect to
pts/3. Is it possible that ArchLinux has a different naming for
telnet sessions? I do thind this strange in that I can SSH as right
now I'm using the board in a ssh session and it's on tty pts/1.

Stephen

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Vince

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* Origin: Air Applewood, The Linux Gateway to the UK (2:250/1)

Vince Coen wrote to Stephen Atkins:

Hello Stephen!

Friday January 29 2016 08:47, you wrote to me:

It might not be too happy by you using a local port to do a telnet - can't remember when I played with it but I do have issues using Mageia in that creating passwords (or updating them) is an issue.

So try logging in using the internet round robin by running telnet to your IP
address and see what happens then.

Next go into the setting menus option 6 and check if you have enabled all tty
ports (1 - 6) by setting

So I checked those setting and they where correct. So I ended up adding 6 new ports name pts/1 thru /6. I was then able to telnet in from my work machine (on a completely different ISP) through telnet. The original 1 thru 6 are still using tty1 thru tty6 and are basically local only ports (must be at console). Any way it works now so I'm happier. Now I just got to get my door games and systemd start up script working. For now I'm logging in at tty1 with
my mbse user and running mbtask manually.

Stephen


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