*** Answering a msg posted in area Carbon.Area (Carbons).   
      
   Hello Janis!   
      
   Written by my personly point system and from outside of my home. :-)   
      
   Tuesday September 17 2013 11:26, you wrote to me:   
      
    >>>>>>>>> 1st, check the path in your filedirg.000 file. 2nd, check for   
    >>>>>>>>> the same path in your external.bbb file [tick] section.   
      
    >>>>>>>>>> I have the path for the files and directory made for the   
    >>>>>>>>>> files. Can someone help me up with this or tell me what   
    >>>>>>>>>> could be wrong.   
      
    >>>>>>>>> If it's not #1 or #2 above, then check the permissions on   
    >>>>>>>>> your hard drive file areas for user bbbs.  I am not sure   
    >>>>>>>>> about Windows, since I run the Linux version but I thought   
    >>>>>>>>> you also control permissions in the same sort of way with   
    >>>>>>>>> Windows.   
      
    >>>>>>>>> Also check in filedirg.000 for permissions in the area,   
    >>>>>>>>> permissions for R&W should look something like this:   
      
    >>>>>>>> Got and I find a little typus miss where I had write   
    >>>>>>>> /home/bbbs/ and forgot it is /dsds2/home, after the corrected   
    >>>>>>>> here it got import and process some files but then end up with   
    >>>>>>>> coming with pwd error for node and not find out if it is   
    >>>>>>>> 2:230/152.16 or .18 It uplink is 2:230/152.16 for fidonet and   
    >>>>>>>> the bbbs aka as bbs is 152.18   
      
    >>>>>>> Kim one day worked with me to make sure the spaces were correct   
    >>>>>>> between the passwords for a node in the external.bbb [nodes]   
    >>>>>>> section. Maybe the spaces between the passwords is the problem?   
      
    >>>>>>> ; node      spass   apass   ppass   tpass gr  st pa route   
    >>>>>>> ; --------- ------- ------- ------- ----- --- -- --   
    >>>>>>> -------------------   
      
    >>>>>>> 1:261/2      passwrd  passwrd  passwrd  passwrd  XFG H   2   
    >>>>>>> 1:261/5   
      
    >>>>>>> If the downlink doesn't want a packet password, you still have   
    >>>>>>> to put in a dash (-) there.   
      
    >>>>>>> 1:261/2      passwrd  passwrd  -      passwrd  XFG H   2   
    >>>>>>> 1:261/5   
      
    >>>>>> It is just strange for nodes section when I mean that first   
    >>>>>> nodenumber should be the aka for the system and not the uplink.   
      
    >>>>> NO :)  The first number in the [nodes] section is the DOWNLINK's   
    >>>>> or UPLINK's node number and his password(s).   
      
    >>>>> At the _end_ of the line, where I have 1:261/5 (last field), that   
    >>>>> is a routing statement saying any netmail for another node   
    >>>>> (1:261/5) should get routed to 1:261/2.   
      
      
    >>>>>> In the bbbs sysop.txt doc says it 'This node' for node so it is   
    >>>>>> the aka for bbbs and not the uplinks aka.   
      
    >>>>> You mean this line?   
      
    >>>>> "node        The FidoNet address of this node."   
      
    >>>>> That is refering to "this node you are connecting with", it could   
    >>>>> be your uplink or downlink, not your own node number.   
      
    >>>> Yes and it the right so bbbs aka 2:230/152.18 have in the file   
    >>>> node aka to be uplink 2:230/152.16 and etc,. for zone 115 and 145.   
      
    >>> If you are a registered user, you can get the most recent beta from   
    >>> Kim Heino. Early versions of BBBS only used "@fidonet" for all   
    >>> zones, but in the new beta Kim added "othernet support";So now, in   
    >>> external.bbb you can put   
      
    >>> ===cut here===   
    >>> [ftndomains]   
      
    >>> ^[1-6]: fidonet   
    >>> ^111: stnnet   
    >>> ^115: pascal-net   
    >>> =====cut here===   
    >>> I am not sure, but I don't think that section will work with trial   
    >>> (unregistered) version.   
      
    >> I can try to put it in for 4 networks as I later can see if I can   
    >> let the business where the bbbs shall be working pay for let bbbs be   
    >> registered for windows as it only is on Windows that bbbs shall run   
    >> and for linux has I another bbs to be setup for running in one setup   
    >> for both mailer and bbs etc. use.   
      
    JK> If you register BBBS, your license that Kim will send you is good for   
    JK> any version of BBBS your run.. You can run Windows and Linux if you   
    JK> care to do that.  But the [ftndomains] segment of external.bbb will   
    JK> only work with the new beta, IIRC.   
      
   I may have to take a look on the license file on to register bbbbs later, as   
   for now is it as bbbs come to run as bbbs where it will work with that a   
   seperate point system there have 4 networks showed fine connect to my own main   
   system for mail and then copy and have bbbs as downlink without polling from   
   bbbs ot to it, but just to some extra akas and the mail to bbbs is been put to   
   outbos dir on the first point system with mail and files and from here moved   
   to first a check dir so moved to bbbs inbound dir where the mail then will be   
   imported and process by bbbs shortly after the first point system has run.   
      
   This just on a windows system as on linux is it a fully mailer and bbs there   
   is to be setup for it all and the linux is the mailer co bbs system now only   
   missing to getting its akas for to work and some events/crons + some other   
   things to get ready to run.   
      
    >>>> I tested out by hatch a new linux game in lnx4games and each time   
    >>>> it got to bbbs for import it got filtered and deleted why bbs not   
    >>>> could find or requnize a unzip.exe from where I have the path for   
    >>>> it. so I just to go to sourceforge and get a dl of unzip here and   
    >>>> then copy 3 files for unzip to both \usr\bin\ and \home\bbbs dirs   
    >>>> and write 2 new extra lines in external.bbbs file so bbbs first   
    >>>> look in usr\bin and then again the same place if not found then   
    >>>> look for it in its own directory.   
      
    >>> Ok.   
      
    >>>> Now a new zip file was ask to be resend from 2:230/150 to /152.16   
    >>>> and to   
    >>>> bbbs, and it now looks got fine process and put to pub dir   
    >>>> lnx4game with fine info header with both your hdr and mine there.   
      
    >>> Sounds good.   
      
    >>>>>> When I change the bbbs real aka from 2:230/152.18 ( aka for the   
    >>>>>> system to uplinks aka as 2:230/152.16 ) is it working for import   
    >>>>>> mails and files. The system has 2 own akas as 2:230/152.18   
    >>>>>> 115:4500/5 145:2/31 and it uplinks akas is 2:230/152.16   
    >>>>>> 115:4501/17 and 145:2/20 Then wil there maybe could be extra   
    >>>>>> intern aka for it as 999:999/15 with uplin as 999:999/2 (for own   
    >>>>>> network dsdsnet).   
      
    >>>>>>>>> ===example filedirg.000===   
    >>>>>>>>> /                /home/ftp/pub                 Root directory   
    >>>>>>>>> /incoming       /home/bbbs/pub/incoming       @rw:fsysop New   
    >>>>>>>>> uploads /comm  /home/ftp/pub/comm/        @rw:fsysop @r:all   
    >>>>>>>>> [COMM] Comm/term Files] /mail   /home/ftp/pub/mail/   
    >>>>>>>>> @rw:fsysop @r:all [MAIL] Mail Utilities /pdn   
    >>>>>>>>> /home/ftp/pub/pdn/      @rw:fsysop @r:all [PDN] Programmers   
    >>>>>>>>> Distribution /pdn/pdnai   /home/ftp/pub/pdn/pdnai/   
    >>>>>>>>> @rw:fsysop @r:all AI (artificial int /pdn/pdnasm   
    >>>>>>>>> /home/ftp/pub/pdn/pdnasm/    @rw:fsysop @r:all ASM   
    >>>>>>>>> Programming [...]   
    >>>>>>>>> =======example filedirg.000====   
      
    >>>>>>>> Then was there 3 files to lnx4games there got erroring the   
    >>>>>>>> most time but I fin out that in external.bbb and filedirg it   
    >>>>>>>> was writte as lnx4games when harddisk directory was made as   
    >>>>>>>> lnx4game, so I set   
    >>>>>>>> bbbs to use dir lnx4game.   
      
    >>>>>>> Ok, so that sounds like some progress..   
      
    >>>>>> Nearly but not complete.   
    >>>>>> I have to make some test with PascalNT and Gmsnet akas and see   
    >>>>>> if new echos an areas can be working for those and too some fido   
    >>>>>> areas.   
      
    >>>>> Use that method I mentioned in my last message to you to   
    >>>>> autocreate the msg. areas (bcfg4->Global->Multiadd)   
      
    >>>>>>>>>> I could too like bbbs to just autocreate echomail and file   
    >>>>>>>>>> areas when it is a save way that nothing is getting directly   
    >>>>>>>>>> to bbbs from outside.   
      
    >>>>>>>>> Check out the [badareas] section in external.bbb.. There, you   
    >>>>>>>>> tell   
    >>>>>>>>> bbbs who to expect new echomail areas from and what specific   
    >>>>>>>>> flags to apply to each imported area your Uplink sends to   
    >>>>>>>>> you.  Then you can run   
      
    >>>>>>>>> ./bcfg4 bad  [Autocreate echoareas]   
    >>>>>>>>> and   
    >>>>>>>>> ./bbbs bogus b [Forward bad mail and write them to BBBS]   
      
    >>>>>>>>> IIRC, There isn't a way to automatically add file echos.   
      
    >>>>>>>>> Maybe Torbjorn will mention something I'm not thinking of   
    >>>>>>>>> here since he runs the Windows version.   
      
    >>>>>>>> It should be the same for windows as for linux should I mean,   
    >>>>>>>> but as this is telling about in the sysop files is it missing   
    >>>>>>>> as section in the external.bbb file. The bbbs I have it the   
    >>>>>>>> old bbbs_nt version.   
      
    >>>>>>> If you want me to take a look at your external.bbb file, you   
    >>>>>>> can attach it to an email and send it to me at   
    >>>>>>> janis@filegate.net.   
      
    >>>>>> I make some extra test to see if I make things to work right by   
    >>>>>> do some route sending from main system 2:230/150 -> 2:230/152.16   
    >>>>>> ->   
    >>>>>> 2:230/152.18 and for 2 other networks akas to see if the route   
    >>>>>> now is working bbbs see it rights of akas present by names and   
    >>>>>> akas. Then this is done email I you with attach file as like   
    >>>>>> dsds-bbbs.zip of the external.bbbs file.   
      
    >>>>> Ok, sounds good.   
      
    >>>> So it is now if I can get the 2 other akas to work and it will be   
    >>>> most for 145 gmsnet as there is getting lot of games in this   
    >>>> network now. (It is my own games hatching to it.)   
      
    >>> Hope it all works for you..   
      
    >> It seem now that all is in work to be finish just that bcfg4 is   
    >> trying to import a networks messages echo all time.   
      
    JK> I'm not sure I understand you here...  Can you explain that problem   
    JK> better?   
      
   This time seem it like that bbbs keep to try to import the messages the most   
   time from .na files by running bcfg4 bad and bbbs bogus b. But I thing I now   
   have got it to work better after I checked the .na files and then manual   
   delete the first made og messages echo and the changed my 2-3 .na to better   
   looking for work so it stopping in try import the same echoes several time, so   
   now is just if I can make it to come with something like no akas is present   
   and wrong aka from to.   
      
                Take care   
                   Gert Andersen   
      
      
      
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