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   Message 1,908 of 2,762   
   Chad Adams to All   
   Re: Problem starting bbbsd   
   29 Nov 17 13:35:17   
   
   Thanks   
      
   On 21:22 28/11 , Jeff Smith wrote:   
   >Hello Chad,   
   >   
   >> I tried starting the telnet server by:   
   >> ./bbbsd 1 1 Telnet's:23   
   >   
   >Do you mean "./bbbsd 1 1  telnetd:23" ?   
   >   
   >> It says could not bind   
   >> There is nothing running on port 23.   
   >   
   >> Am I doing something wrong?   
   >   
   >bbbsd loaded as user can't bind to ports less than 1024. I load bbbsd as root   
   >at bootup which allows bbbsd to bind to the necessary ports. bbbsd  will  load   
   >as root but switch to run as user.   
   >   
   >The command line I use to load BBBS here is:   
   >   
   >./bbbsd 3 22 telnetd:23 httpd:8080 ftpd:21 rawd:24554:binkp "quiet" "fork"   
   >"uid:bbbs" &   
   >   
   >Note: All on one line.   
   >   
   >Jeff   
   >   
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