Oh and just to show that the file is actually there here is output from ls -alh   
      
   drwxr-xr-x 7 cadams cadams 4.0K Nov 24 10:06 ..   
   -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams  63K Jan 27  2007 bag   
   -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 1.2M Jan 27  2007 bbbs   
   -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 5.5K Jan 28  2007 bbbs.001   
   -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 9.9K Jan 28  2007 bbbs.002   
   -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams  48K Jan 27  2007 bbbsd   
   -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams   58 Dec 24  1999 bbbs.key   
   -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams  23K Jan 28  2007 bbbstxt   
   -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams  25K Jan 28  2007 bbbstxt1   
   -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams  24K Jan 28  2007 bbbstxt2   
   -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams  24K Jan 28  2007 bbbstxt3   
   -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 212K Jan 27  2007 bcfg4   
   -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams  20K Jan 28  2007 brobo.wht   
   -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 2.4K Jan 28  2007 colors.bbb   
   drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 4.0K Jan 28  2007 feelings   
   drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 4.0K Dec 24  1999 htdocs   
   -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 5.0K Jan 28  2007 inet.bbb   
   -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 6.7K Jan 28  2007 LICENSE.txt   
   -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams   82 Dec 24  1999 login.bbb   
   drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams  12K Jan 28  2007 menus   
   -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams   34 Dec 24  1999 _mg   
   drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 4.0K Dec 24  1999 misc   
   -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams  601 Dec 24  1999 README.txt   
   -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 7.2K Jan 27  2007 ripc   
   drwxr-xr-x 3 cadams cadams 4.0K Dec 25  1999 scripts   
   -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 608K Dec 24  1999 sysop.gui   
   -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 617K Dec 24  1999 sysop.htm   
   -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 626K Dec 24  1999 sysop.txt   
   cadams@irc:~/bbbs$   
      
      
   On 04:11 24/11 , Chad Adams wrote:   
   >That should have said untarred, not untested. Autocorrect.    
   >   
   >I'm starting to this this build is either bad, or doesn't work on ubuntu   
   >(which I doubt since others have run it on Ubuntu, and Debian variants)   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >On 04:09 24/11 , Chad Adams wrote:   
   >>No on running it from /home/cadams   
   >>   
   >>I copied the gzip file from www.bbbs.net downloads for intel Linux. Untested   
   >>into user cadams home sir. See pwd command. Extracted. Ran both as local user   
   >>and with sudo. File or directory error as before.   
   >>   
   >>Running Ubuntu 16.04 server.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>Output   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>bbbs/menus/editmenu.xg   
   >>bbbs/menus/rmodmini.gr   
   >>bbbs/menus/precreg   
   >>bbbs/menus/mainmens.xg   
   >>bbbs/menus/editmini.gr   
   >>bbbs/menus/msg.www   
   >>bbbs/menus/prereg.3   
   >>bbbs/menus/postreg.1   
   >>bbbs/menus/huntmenu.gr3   
   >>bbbs/menus/fil4mens.gr   
   >>bbbs/menus/mainmenu.xg   
   >>bbbs/menus/dirlist.www   
   >>bbbs/menus/bbbshelp.3   
   >>bbbs/bbbs   
   >>bbbs/inet.bbb   
   >>bbbs/bbbstxt   
   >>file_id.diz   
   >>cadams@irc:~$ ls   
   >>bbbs          dead.letter  find.sh  roundcubemail-1.3.3   
   >>bbbs_lii.tar  file_id.diz  mail     roundcubemail-1.3.3.tar   
   >>cadams@irc:~$ cd bbbs   
   >>cadams@irc:~/bbbs$ pwd   
   >>/home/cadams/bbbs   
   >>cadams@irc:~/bbbs$ ./bcfg4 0   
   >>-bash: ./bcfg4: No such file or directory   
   >>cadams@irc:~/bbbs$ sudo ./bcfg4 0   
   >>[sudo] password for cadams:   
   >>sudo: unable to execute ./bcfg4: No such file or directory   
   >>cadams@irc:~/bbbs$   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>On 03:06 24/11 , Nicholas Boel wrote:   
   >>>Hello Chad,   
   >>>   
   >>>On Fri Nov 24 2017 07:59:18, Chad Adams wrote to All:   
   >>>   
   >>> CA> -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 1.2M Jan 27  2007 bbbs   
   >>> CA> -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 5.5K Jan 28  2007 bbbs.001   
   >>> CA> -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 9.9K Jan 28  2007 bbbs.002   
   >>> CA> -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams  48K Jan 27  2007 bbbsd   
   >>> CA> -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams   58 Dec 24  1999 bbbs.key   
   >>> CA> -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams  23K Jan 28  2007 bbbstxt   
   >>> CA> -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams  25K Jan 28  2007 bbbstxt1   
   >>> CA> -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams  24K Jan 28  2007 bbbstxt2   
   >>> CA> -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams  24K Jan 28  2007 bbbstxt3   
   >>> CA> -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 212K Jan 27  2007 bcfg4   
   >>> CA> -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams  20K Jan 28  2007 brobo.wht   
   >>> CA> -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 2.4K Jan 28  2007 colors.bbb   
   >>> CA> drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 4.0K Jan 28  2007 feelings   
   >>> CA> drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 4.0K Dec 24  1999 htdocs   
   >>> CA> -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 5.0K Jan 28  2007 inet.bbb   
   >>> CA> -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 6.7K Jan 28  2007 LICENSE.txt   
   >>> CA> -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams   82 Dec 24  1999 login.bbb   
   >>> CA> drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams  12K Jan 28  2007 menus   
   >>> CA> -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams   34 Dec 24  1999 _mg   
   >>> CA> drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 4.0K Dec 24  1999 misc   
   >>> CA> -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams  601 Dec 24  1999 README.txt   
   >>> CA> -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 7.2K Jan 27  2007 ripc   
   >>> CA> drwxr-xr-x 3 cadams cadams 4.0K Dec 25  1999 scripts   
   >>> CA> -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 608K Dec 24  1999 sysop.gui   
   >>> CA> -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 617K Dec 24  1999 sysop.htm   
   >>> CA> -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 626K Dec 24  1999 sysop.txt   
   >>> CA> cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ ./bcfg4 0   
   >>> CA> -bash: ./bcfg4: No such file or directory   
   >>> CA> cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$   
   >>>   
   >>>You could try one of two things:   
   >>>   
   >>>Try running bcfg4 with sudo, ie: "sudo ./bcfg4 0" (just as a test). If this   
   >>>works, then below would most likely apply.   
   >>>   
   >>>Try copying the bbbs directory to /home/cadams and running these there   
   >without   
   >>>sudo and as owner cadams (again as a test). You may not be able to   
   >own/execute   
   >>>with other users besides root in your /var directory. In Jeff's post, he   
   >>>mentioned having the archive extracted in /var/opt, but he's actually   
   >>executing   
   >>> these files from /home/bbbs in which everything there is owned by   
   bbbs:bbbs,   
   >>>if I read correctly.   
   >>>   
   >>>Regards,   
   >>>Nick   
   >>>   
   >>>... "Не знаю. Я здесь только работаю."   
   >>>--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20170303   
   >>> * Origin: thePharcyde_ distribution system (Wisconsin) (1:154/10)    
   >>>   
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