I am playing with doors on my 32Bit VM with Mystic... and I didn't get far before having a question...

In the mystic documentation, as found in a subdirectory off the mystic directory... it says the nf.bat should like this...

\mystic\netfoss\netfoss.com %1

The nf.bat that is supplied with the NetFoss archive states that I need to add the %1 on that line should only be added if you are running a DOS based BBS.

Do I need the %1 or... does it matter...

IB Joe
AKA Joe Schweier
SysOp of Joe's BBS
-=JoesBBS.com=-

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/64)
* Origin: Joe's BBS, JoesBBS.com, Telnet:23 SSH:22 HTTPS:80 (1:342/201)

I am playing with doors on my 32Bit VM with Mystic... and I didn't get
far before having a question...

In the mystic documentation, as found in a subdirectory off the mystic directory... it says the nf.bat should like this...

\mystic\netfoss\netfoss.com %1

The nf.bat that is supplied with the NetFoss archive states that I need
to add the %1 on that line should only be added if you are running a DOS based BBS.

I would suggest not using NetFossil at all at this point and just use Mystic.

1) Install the latest prealpha from: www.mysticbbs.com/downloads/prealphas
2) Extract dx.rar into your root Mystic BBS directory (in prealpha folder too) 3) Use the DX menu command instead of DD.

The reason I suggest prealpha if you're experimenting with doors is that there are changes related to doors in that version that were left out of A46 due to lack of testing (autocreate MPL example during SSH/RLOGIN for using as a door server, DX command, and some other QOL things too).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/09/27 (Windows/64)
* Origin: Sector 7 | Mystic WHQ (1:129/215)

On 28 Sep 2020, g00r00 said the following...

I am playing with doors on my 32Bit VM with Mystic... and I didn't ge far before having a question...

In the mystic documentation, as found in a subdirectory off the mysti directory... it says the nf.bat should like this...

\mystic\netfoss\netfoss.com %1

The nf.bat that is supplied with the NetFoss archive states that I ne to add the %1 on that line should only be added if you are running a based BBS.

I would suggest not using NetFossil at all at this point and just use Mystic.

1) Install the latest prealpha from:
www.mysticbbs.com/downloads/prealphas 2) Extract dx.rar into your root Mystic BBS directory (in prealpha folder too) 3) Use the DX menu command instead of DD.

The reason I suggest prealpha if you're experimenting with doors is that there are changes related to doors in that version that were left out of A46 due to lack of testing (autocreate MPL example during SSH/RLOGIN for using as a door server, DX command, and some other QOL things too).

I'll install the pre-alpha and let you know how things go...

I have a real quick question though... Does mystic create an environment variable for the node... like SBBS making SBBSNODE or WildCat's WCNODEID. I know I can make one on the fly via batch file... I'm just asking if Mystic creates one.

Thanx

IB Joe
AKA Joe Schweier
SysOp of Joe's BBS
-=JoesBBS.com=-

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/64)
* Origin: Joe's BBS, JoesBBS.com, Telnet:23 SSH:22 HTTPS:80 (1:342/201)

Pre-alpha was setup on my VM and the door I spent the morning to try to get
to work worked in the first try.

Question.... The game used my real name rather than my BBS alias. Is there a way to switch that??

And, one last question. If I were to setup all my doors on Mystic can Mystic be ran like GameSVR where you can auto-login via rLogin ??

Thanx

IB Joe
AKA Joe Schweier
SysOp of Joe's BBS
-=JoesBBS.com=-

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/64)
* Origin: Joe's BBS, JoesBBS.com, Telnet:23 SSH:22 HTTPS:80 (1:342/201)

I have a real quick question though... Does mystic create an environment variable for the node... like SBBS making SBBSNODE or WildCat's
WCNODEID. I know I can make one on the fly via batch file... I'm just asking if Mystic creates one.

No it doesn't. You can pass the node as %N on the command line to create
your own though as you said.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/09/27 (Windows/64)
* Origin: Sector 7 | Mystic WHQ (1:129/215)

And, one last question. If I were to setup all my doors on Mystic can Mystic be ran like GameSVR where you can auto-login via rLogin ??

Yes RLOGIN will automatically log you into the BBS and so will SSH. Mystic can also automatically create new users by an included script that could be modified to do more if desired. To enable auto create of users via RLOGIN you would just copy "autocreate.mps" as "connect.mps" in your scripts directory and compile it (mplc -T).

I'm not very familiar with how the various door servers work but I believe Mystic has all of the tools to do something like a DoorParty type system.

If you wanted to do some sort of validation of the RLOGIN user like for example require a "user@BBSID" format login and confirm that the BBSID is a value that was registered as "allowed", you would need to do some custom scripting inside that autocreate.mps to do it. But its there to be done if someone wanted to
go that far.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/09/27 (Windows/64)
* Origin: Sector 7 | Mystic WHQ (1:129/215)

On 28 Sep 2020, g00r00 said the following...

I have a real quick question though... Does mystic create an environm variable for the node... like SBBS making SBBSNODE or WildCat's WCNODEID. I know I can make one on the fly via batch file... I'm jus asking if Mystic creates one.

No it doesn't. You can pass the node as %N on the command line to create your own though as you said.

Thanx

IB Joe
AKA Joe Schweier
SysOp of Joe's BBS
-=JoesBBS.com=-

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/64)
* Origin: Joe's BBS, JoesBBS.com, Telnet:23 SSH:22 HTTPS:80 (1:342/201)

Is there a way to get Mystic to read the Alias rather than the real name of
the user in the door.sys file??

Thanx

IB Joe
AKA Joe Schweier
SysOp of Joe's BBS
-=JoesBBS.com=-

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/09/27 (Windows/32)
* Origin: JoesBBS.com, TelNET:2323 SSH:2222 HTTP:80 (1:342/201)