Yesterday I asked for some reader for iPad or iPhone but I found the solution to login in telnet from web http://mbse.laserbbs.co.uk I have to arrange the web page but for the moment is functionally.

Hope is helpful for somebody else.


Greetings, Tony Comandini

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Hello All,

Aaaaaand I just got my first relization that mbsetup is extremely overwhelming.
In my case, definitely not going to be doable in one sitting.

However, it is by far the most extensive setup I have ever seen with any BBS software, ever. I don't think I've found anything that hasn't already been covered.

At the moment I am tinkering with it in a VM on my main desktop, so I should probably stop there and figure out what I actually want to do with and about this. If my current main tosser's development is at a halt, I'm always inclined
to try something else. :)

Has MBSE been installed on ARM devices successfully already? If so, I may finally have a good enough reason to get that ODROID I was looking at and holding myself back from dropping the money on about a week ago.

Regards,
Nick

... "Не знаю. Я здесь только работаю."
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Hello Nicholas!

08 Jan 17 15:08, you wrote to all:

Aaaaaand I just got my first relization that mbsetup is extremely overwhelming. In my case, definitely not going to be doable in one sitting.

It can even be confusing for us that use the software every day! I'm sometimes loosing the location of settings
and have to go though a lot of screens to find stuff.

Has MBSE been installed on ARM devices successfully already? If so, I
may finally have a good enough reason to get that ODROID I was looking
at and holding myself back from dropping the money on about a week
ago.

Is this any help? I haven't tried it on my Pi (the bigger model 1).


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Msg : 288 of 291
From : Tony Comandini 2:250/4 14 Dec 16 12:51:00
To : Allen Prunty
Subj : Re: Help compiling on a M ===============================================================================

Allen Prunty wrote to Vince Coen <=-

On Nov 19, 2016 06:33pm, Vince Coen wrote to Kees Van Eeten:

What did you do to get it to compile on a Pi as I have another user who has tried it without success. Likewise on OSX

Just checking in on if you got OSX to work with it?

Well the message is for Vince and everybody need it...I installed on Pi3 with this:

apt-get install xinetd telnetd build-essential sudo git zlib1g-dev
git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/mbsebbs/code mbsebbs-code
cd mbsebbs-code
chmod a+x SETUP.sh
./SETUP.sh
Answer prompts as required.
Give the mbse and your account sudo rights by editing /etc/sudoers with visudo.
Log out.
Log back in as the mbse user.
Check out code into mbse user's home directory: git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/mbsebbs/code mbsebbs-code
cd mbsebbs-code
sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev (For Hydra/Binkp zlib compression)
sudo apt-get install libgeoip-dev (For GeoIP functions)
sudo apt-get install libbz2-dev (For Binkp bzlib compression)
./configure
make
su
To check the value of $MBSE_HOME before installation: echo $MBSE_HOME
If correct, run 'make install'.
cd /etc/xinetd.d
Open the file mbsebbs for editing.
Scroll down until you find the telnet section.
Set disable = no
Change /usr/sbin/telnetd to read /usr/sbin/in.telnetd
Save xinetd.d.
sudo service xinetd restart
ps-ef | grep xinetd
Results should be something like:
root@mbse:/etc/xinetd.d# ps -aux | grep xinetd
root 24925 1 0 22:08 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/xinetd -pidfile /run/x
root 24927 24379 0 22:08 pts/1 00:00:00 grep xinetd
telnet localhost
You should now get:
mbse@mbse:/etc/xinetd.d$ telnet localhost
Trying ::1...
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
Debian GNU/Linux 8
MBSE BBS v1.0.6.5 (Release: Jul 10 2016)
Copyright (C) 1997-2015 Michiel Broek, All Rights Reserved

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Powered by Linux.
login:
Once you get that, be sure to run: sudo service mbsebbs start
The run mbsetup to configure your BBS.

I left the project because had problems with the configuration, but installation with the above procedure is a breeze...

Thanks

Tony

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Stephen


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Nicholas Boel wrote to All <=-

Hello All,

Aaaaaand I just got my first relization that mbsetup is extremely overwhelming. In my case, definitely not going to be doable in one sitting.

Hi Nick welcome to the club, I had the same feeling, but with the help of the Guys and reading better the
documentation I'll sort it out.

However, it is by far the most extensive setup I have ever seen with
any BBS software, ever. I don't think I've found anything that hasn't already been covered.

Well it depends for which platform you use. I installed on Debian Jessie and RaspBerry PI3 in a "breeze". Didn't need to write by hand msgs areas or files areas.
When you familiarize with mbsetup is quite easy.

At the moment I am tinkering with it in a VM on my main desktop, so I should probably stop there and figure out what I actually want to do
with and about this. If my current main tosser's development is at a
halt, I'm always inclined to try something else. :)

Other BBS Software has pros and cons like MBSE.

Has MBSE been installed on ARM devices successfully already? If so, I
may finally have a good enough reason to get that ODROID I was looking
at and holding myself back from dropping the money on about a week ago.

I installed on Raspberry PI3 with Raspbian, if you want I am glad to pass you some notes.

Tony

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Hello Nicholas!

08 Jan 17 15:08, you wrote to all:

Has MBSE been installed on ARM devices successfully already? If so, I
may finally have a good enough reason to get that ODROID I was looking
at and holding myself back from dropping the money on about a week
ago.

MBSE has been installed on ARM devices such as the Raspberry Pi3 without issues. I helped Tony Comandini with such a setup just a few days ago.

Andrew

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Hello Stephen,

On Mon Jan 09 2017 10:35:36, Stephen Walsh wrote to Nicholas Boel:

Has MBSE been installed on ARM devices successfully already? If
so, I may finally have a good enough reason to get that ODROID I
was looking at and holding myself back from dropping the money on
about a week ago.

Is this any help? I haven't tried it on my Pi (the bigger model 1).

Enough to know it's possible, even though I wouldn't be using any Debian based distros. Thanks for the repost!

Regards,
Nick

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Hello Tony,

On Sun Jan 08 2017 23:42:00, Tony Comandini wrote to Nicholas Boel:

Hi Nick welcome to the club, I had the same feeling, but with the help
of the Guys and reading better the documentation I'll sort it out.

I understood everything I was doing. But I'm sure I'll have to go over it a couple times to make sure everything is in the right places, after finishing it
the first time.

Well it depends for which platform you use. I installed on Debian
Jessie and RaspBerry PI3 in a "breeze". Didn't need to write by hand
msgs areas or files areas. When you familiarize with mbsetup is quite easy.

I won't either, as I do have areas files for importing all of them.

I installed on Raspberry PI3 with Raspbian, if you want I am glad to
pass you some notes.

I read your original message, which basically covers INSTALL.in almost to the letter plus a few extra things it looks like you needed to do because of Debian/Raspbian itself. I plan on using a non-Debian based distro anyways, so I'm sure I'll be figuring it all out on my own.

However, your original post and now knowing it is indeed possible to compile it
on ARM devices entices me to continue.

Regards,
Nick

... "Не знаю. Я здесь только работаю."
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Hello Andrew,

On Sun Jan 08 2017 19:36:48, Andrew Leary wrote to Nicholas Boel:

Has MBSE been installed on ARM devices successfully already? If
so, I may finally have a good enough reason to get that ODROID I
was looking at and holding myself back from dropping the money on
about a week ago.

MBSE has been installed on ARM devices such as the Raspberry Pi3
without issues. I helped Tony Comandini with such a setup just a few
days ago.

That's about all I needed to hear. Thanks! :)

Regards,
Nick

... "Не знаю. Я здесь только работаю."
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Hello Nicholas!

08 Jan 17 15:08, you wrote to all:

Has MBSE been installed on ARM devices successfully already? If so, I
may finally have a good enough reason to get that ODROID I was looking
at and holding myself back from dropping the money on about a week
ago.

Typing this to you on my MBSE setup on a Pie3. ;)


Shawn


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On 2017 Jan 09 14:17:06, you wrote to Nicholas Boel:

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check your inbound on 1:229/452 for a file and a netmail from me... they're probably in your insecure inbound since we don't have a mailer session level password between us ;)

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Hello Nicholas!

Sunday January 08 2017 15:08, you wrote to All:

Hello All,

Aaaaaand I just got my first relization that mbsetup is extremely overwhelming. In my case, definitely not going to be doable in one
sitting.

However, it is by far the most extensive setup I have ever seen with
any BBS software, ever. I don't think I've found anything that hasn't already been covered.

At the moment I am tinkering with it in a VM on my main desktop, so I
should probably stop there and figure out what I actually want to do
with and about this. If my current main tosser's development is at a
halt, I'm always inclined to try something else. :)

Has MBSE been installed on ARM devices successfully already? If so, I
may finally have a good enough reason to get that ODROID I was looking
at and holding myself back from dropping the money on about a week
ago.

Does Rashberry Pi's count ?

If so then yes (by others).

Vince

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Hello mark!

09 Jan 17 16:43, you wrote to me:

check your inbound on 1:229/452 for a file and a netmail from me... they're probably in your insecure inbound since we don't have a mailer session level password between us ;)

Got it with thanks! ;)

Shawn


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Hello Andrew,

On Sun Jan 08 2017 19:36:48, Andrew Leary wrote to Nicholas Boel:

Also, just wondering.. Is there something specific in the BBS software that requires it to know what Linux distribution and version of it you're using? I only ask this, because the more distros installed on, the bigger that initial test in SETUP.sh is going to be. Just seems like it's a little redundant, but if there's an actual reason the BBS software needs it that I don't currently know about, I'd like to know what it is.

Regards,
Nick

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Hello Nicholas!

11 Jan 17 21:43, you wrote to me:

Also, just wondering.. Is there something specific in the BBS software that requires it to know what Linux distribution and version of it
you're using? I only ask this, because the more distros installed on,
the bigger that initial test in SETUP.sh is going to be. Just seems
like it's a little redundant, but if there's an actual reason the BBS software needs it that I don't currently know about, I'd like to know
what it is.

MBSE is tightly integrated with the host OS. It needs to be able to create user accounts, change passwords, etc. During the SETUP.sh process, it needs to modify /etc/services, /etc/inetd.conf and/or /etc/xinetd.conf, etc. The tests in SETUP.sh help determine the proper steps to ensure that the BBS works without disrupting any other operations on the system.

Andrew

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Hello Andrew,

On Thu Jan 12 2017 06:15:30, Andrew Leary wrote to Nicholas Boel:

MBSE is tightly integrated with the host OS. It needs to be able to create user accounts, change passwords, etc. During the SETUP.sh
process, it needs to modify /etc/services, /etc/inetd.conf and/or /etc/xinetd.conf, etc. The tests in SETUP.sh help determine the
proper steps to ensure that the BBS works without disrupting any other operations on the system.

Most, if not all of what you mention above, seems fairly standard in any Linux distribution (or am I missing something?). I was merely wondering about the check for the specific distro and version number, and what it would possibly be
used for.

I guess I was just wondering if it would be easier performing the proper checks
on the locations of the files it needs to modify, rather than checking for the specific distro name and version number. I just have no idea whether or not the
actual distro name and version number are used in MBSE itself, or if it is just
a set variable displayed to the sysop when running SETUP.sh, which would then give reason as to why that check is performed.

Regards,
Nick

... "Не знаю. Я здесь только работаю."
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Hello Nicholas!

12 Jan 17 07:14, you wrote to me:

Most, if not all of what you mention above, seems fairly standard in
any Linux distribution (or am I missing something?). I was merely wondering about the check for the specific distro and version number,
and what it would possibly be used for.

There are several differences between distributions that are handled by the SETUP.sh, primarily in the area of how passwords are stored (/etc/passwd vs. /etc/shadow, etc.) There are also differences in the groups that exist between the various distributions.

I guess I was just wondering if it would be easier performing the
proper checks on the locations of the files it needs to modify, rather than checking for the specific distro name and version number. I just
have no idea whether or not the actual distro name and version number
are used in MBSE itself, or if it is just a set variable displayed to
the sysop when running SETUP.sh, which would then give reason as to
why that check is performed.

For the most part, the SETUP.sh handles finding what it needs itself. There are a few things that are checked that are distribution specific.

Andrew

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Hello Andrew,

On Thu Jan 12 2017 13:27:12, Andrew Leary wrote to Nicholas Boel:

I guess I was just wondering if it would be easier performing the
proper checks on the locations of the files it needs to modify,
rather than checking for the specific distro name and version
number. I just have no idea whether or not the actual distro name
and version number are used in MBSE itself, or if it is just a
set variable displayed to the sysop when running SETUP.sh, which
would then give reason as to why that check is performed.

For the most part, the SETUP.sh handles finding what it needs itself. There are a few things that are checked that are distribution
specific.

Okay. Thanks for the info!

Regards,
Nick

... "Не знаю. Я здесь только работаю."
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On 2017 Jan 12 07:14:56, you wrote to Andrew Leary:

MBSE is tightly integrated with the host OS. It needs to be able to
create user accounts, change passwords, etc. During the SETUP.sh
process, it needs to modify /etc/services, /etc/inetd.conf and/or
/etc/xinetd.conf, etc. The tests in SETUP.sh help determine the
proper steps to ensure that the BBS works without disrupting any
other operations on the system.

Most, if not all of what you mention above, seems fairly standard in
any Linux distribution (or am I missing something?). I was merely wondering about the check for the specific distro and version number,
and what it would possibly be used for.

consider if you are installing on debian... in older versions you would set things up one way... in newer versions you have that systemd shit to deal with and maybe even both, old and systemd... knowing the distribution and version number of that distribution make it a lot easier to know what to do and in which order to do them...

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