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  • MBSE on VPS Debian 8

    From tony@2:250/4 to All on Mon Nov 21 22:33:00 2016
    Hi Guys!
    Quick question anyone has installed mbse new version on VPS server (on the cloud) running Debian 8?
    I found problem creating the first user when enter su - bbs it refuse to
    create the Linux user. Anyone already deal with it please?
    Thanks

    Tony

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  • From Stephen Walsh@3:633/280 to tony on Sun Nov 27 12:02:05 2016

    Hello tony!

    21 Nov 16 22:33, you wrote to all:

    Quick question anyone has installed mbse new version on VPS server (on
    the cloud) running Debian 8? I found problem creating the first user
    when enter su - bbs it refuse to create the Linux user. Anyone already deal with it please? Thanks

    I have Mbse 1.0.4 installed in a linux LXC container running Debian 8 and didn't run into any problems. I'm only using it as a mail
    hub though, but my user account got created ok.



    Stephen


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  • From Tony@2:250/4 to Stephen Walsh on Sun Nov 27 11:07:00 2016
    Thank you Stephen, so at least I have a configuration problem, but I repeated the installation several times without lucky.
    Will try again

    Thanks

    Tony`

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  • From Dave Vandermeer@1:249/275 to Tony on Mon Nov 28 00:25:00 2016
    Thank you Stephen, so at least I have a configuration problem, but I repeated the installation several times without lucky.
    Will try again


    The key is after you run SETUP.sh as root, you need to go to a new TTY (CTRL-ALT F2 from your desktop session) then login as the mbse user. It will fail every time if you miss this step. you MUST configure and build it as the mbse user then use su command to get root access to make install

    do NOT use sudo and do NOT clear the environment with su -

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  • From Tony@2:250/4 to Dave Vandermeer on Tue Nov 29 15:38:08 2016
    Hi Dave,
    I had sort out but in a VPS you connect -ONLY- in ssh you don't have any Desktop :-) BTW now it works the only thing is a long work to populate the areas.

    Thanks

    Tony

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  • From Dave Vandermeer@1:249/275 to Tony on Tue Nov 29 18:31:42 2016
    Hi Dave,
    I had sort out but in a VPS you connect -ONLY- in ssh you don't have any Desktop :-) BTW now it works the only thing is a long work to populate
    the areas.

    Oh yes.. I know lol.. and one gripe I have so far .. when uploading files if the file_id.diz has pipe codes in it it seems to skip the file and asks for description.. real pain when you're uploading stuff for renegade/telegard bbs lol using pipe color codes in diz was popular in those days..

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  • From Robert Wolfe@1:116/18 to tony on Sun Dec 11 21:22:00 2016
    Hi Guys!
    Quick question anyone has installed mbse new version on VPS server (on the cloud) running Debian 8?
    I found problem creating the first user when enter su - bbs it refuse to create the Linux user. Anyone already deal with it please?
    Thanks

    Did you log out and then log in as the MBSE user and finish up the installation there first?

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  • From Tony Comandini@2:250/4 to Robert Wolfe on Mon Dec 12 06:12:00 2016
    Robert Wolfe wrote to tony <=-

    Hi Guys!
    Quick question anyone has installed mbse new version on VPS server (on the cloud) running Debian 8?
    I found problem creating the first user when enter su - bbs it refuse to create the Linux user. Anyone already deal with it please?
    Thanks

    Did you log out and then log in as the MBSE user and finish up the installation there first?

    Hi Robert,
    thank you the problem was already fixed by myself, but at least I skipped the process to install mbse after several hours of works and not work. So I preferred to switch in something more easy and overall probably is my faulty, but after reading the whole doc 3 times and made the same process and doesn't work I was quite frustrated :-)

    Thanks

    Tony

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  • From Shawn Highfield@1:229/452.3 to Robert Wolfe on Mon Dec 12 14:48:16 2016
    Hello Robert!

    11 Dec 16 21:22, you wrote to tony:

    Did you log out and then log in as the MBSE user and finish up the installation there first?

    There is a slight issue with the instructions on facebook. I got it compiled by following a post "Night Stalker" send me in another network and those work.
    I /think/ I posted them here if not I can. Not a huge difference from the ones you posted but it worked for me this time (As you can see from this message)

    Shawn

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