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I am trying to get sbbs running as a systemd daemon, but for some reason
the manual on the wiki does not seem to work.
I copied this into the override file (this is from https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/raw/master/install/systemd/sbbs.service as linked from the wiki):

[Unit]
Description=Synchronet BBS
Documentation=http://wiki.synchro.net/
After=syslog.target network-online.target

[Service]
Type=forking
NotifyAccess=all
Environment=SBBSCTRL=/sbbs/ctrl
User=sbbs
Group=sbbs
AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
ExecStart=/sbbs/exec/sbbs d
ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=30
LimitNOFILE=10000

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

but no matter what I do I get the following answer back when reloading
the daemon and checking it:

sbbs@erebor:~ $ systemctl status sbbs
Warning: The unit file, source configuration file or drop-ins of
sbbs.service changed on disk. Run 'systemctl daemon-re>
● sbbs.service - Synchronet BBS
Loaded: bad-setting (Reason: Unit sbbs.service has a bad unit file setting.)
Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/sbbs.service.d
└─override.conf
Active: inactive (dead)
Docs: http://wiki.synchro.net/
http://wiki.synchro.net/

does anyone know what to do in this case?
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Re: systemd issues
By: Kyonshi to alt.bbs.synchronet on Sun Jan 28 2024 09:43 pm

From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

I am trying to get sbbs running as a systemd daemon, but for some reason
the manual on the wiki does not seem to work.
I copied this into the override file (this is from https://gitlab.synchro.ne t/main/sbbs/-/raw/master/install/systemd/sbbs.service as linked from the wiki):

That sounds incorrect. THe override file is for any *changes* you want from the default contents of the service/unit file (sbbs.service).

but no matter what I do I get the following answer back when reloading
the daemon and checking it:

sbbs@erebor:~ $ systemctl status sbbs
Warning: The unit file, source configuration file or drop-ins of sbbs.service changed on disk. Run 'systemctl daemon-re>
¿ sbbs.service - Synchronet BBS
Loaded: bad-setting (Reason: Unit sbbs.service has a bad unit file setting.)
Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/sbbs.service.d
└─override.conf
Active: inactive (dead)
Docs: http://wiki.synchro.net/
http://wiki.synchro.net/

does anyone know what to do in this case?

Delete the override file.
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From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

On 1/28/2024 11:17 PM, Digital Man wrote:

To: Kyonshi
Re: systemd issues
By: Kyonshi to alt.bbs.synchronet on Sun Jan 28 2024 09:43 pm

> From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet
>
> I am trying to get sbbs running as a systemd daemon, but for some reason
> the manual on the wiki does not seem to work.
> I copied this into the override file (this is from https://gitlab.synchro.ne
> t/main/sbbs/-/raw/master/install/systemd/sbbs.service as linked from the
> wiki):

That sounds incorrect. THe override file is for any *changes* you want from the default contents of the service/unit file (sbbs.service).

> but no matter what I do I get the following answer back when reloading
> the daemon and checking it:
>
> sbbs@erebor:~ $ systemctl status sbbs
> Warning: The unit file, source configuration file or drop-ins of
> sbbs.service changed on disk. Run 'systemctl daemon-re>
> � sbbs.service - Synchronet BBS
> Loaded: bad-setting (Reason: Unit sbbs.service has a bad unit file
> setting.)
> Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/sbbs.service.d
> ��override.conf
> Active: inactive (dead)
> Docs: http://wiki.synchro.net/
> http://wiki.synchro.net/
>
> does anyone know what to do in this case?

Delete the override file.

Ok, I misread the wiki page completely. Now it works.
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