From sbbsunix.txt: Q. I'm using SELinux and nothing works. A. Yes, you'll need to use chcon on each of the shared objects (.so files) chcon -t texrel_shlib_t...
I installed V3.14 and all is cool except the dynamic web pages are a little funky. Here's a cut/paste. Main thing is the selection items are right on top of...
I think you missed a step. From the readme.txt: Note: The default web 'root' directory has been changed in this release from web/html to web/root. You will...
Can sbbs use ssh instead of telnet? Telnet is supposed to be less secure. Just wondering. I can not telnet into the bbs. It keeps saying connection refused but...
Which is better? The Windows SBBS version or the Unix/Linux version? I looked at some screen shots for the windows version and it seems to have some...
Hey Ray, I can answer this partly here. It is a matter of Preference really on which one you want to use. Myself I come before the days of windows 3.1 and on....
Karl, thanks for the response but I think we have our wires crossed. I have no problem with linux itself, persay, but its when I am adding applications such as...
Of course it's a matter of opinion and personal taste. My recommendation would be to go with whichever operating system you prefer and then use the appropriate...
It's no a matter of what you can and want to do. I my self have half a dozen linux boxes running, but run windows box for my bbs. I do this because of all the...
... From what I've seen, either version of SBBS is equally good. I've played mostly with the Linux version myself. As for which OS, I much prefer Linux for...
... That is another consideration - software compatibility with your entire suite of software, including 3rd party apps. In my case, another consideration was...
Hello. I download the windows version or sbbs. I also downloaded The Visual compiler from MSDN. I am having a problem understanding editing the patch file...
I figured it out. I had to download the sbbs313a.zip and it had the setup.exe file in it which is the full install of sbbs. It extracted, installed and loaded...
I am running windows sbbs. I noticed some sbbs sites have default web menus (when someone goes to http://www.bbs.com) it loads the default menus. Where are...
Are you using the Visual C++ Express edition or regular Visual C++? IMO, I would just recommend building SBBS from within the IDE using the workspace files...
Looks like I didnt need it to use VC after all. The setup file did the trick. I am just trying to install the bbs. So I dont think I needed VC. Thanks....
C:\sbbs\web\templates\default ? The webpages are created dynamically, so really just the default page is like 5 of those *.inc files. -Mindless Automaton ... ...
http://www.synchro.net/docs/v314_new.html *Web Server* * Default web root dir is now ../web/root (changed from ../web/html) You'll probably want to update the...
Well I figured it out. I am running windows 2000 server and the services were being used by server. I stopped them and the webserver, nntp, smtp and ftp all...
That's not how its setup. There is no /root. there is only /html Unless you speaking linux/unix or using IIS but I did get it to work anyways, thanks!...
The v3.14a upgrade process should've created an sbbs/web/root directory. If it didn't, then you didn't unzip web.zip correctly (e.g. with directories). After...
Rob, I did exactly what the instructions said. I unzipped the file to a temp directory, then extracted the files to the directories listed in the text file. I...