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   Nicholas Boel to All   
   First time install..   
   27 Aug 11 11:46:49   
   
   Hey guys, first time MBSE installer here.   
      
   I grabbed mercurial and got the latest .tar.gz (v0.95.13). The install went   
   flawlessly on a brand new Gentoo install.   
      
   I edited most of the configuration (mbsetup) to my liking and was finally going   
   to log on to the BBS for the first time to create the 'Sysop' per the   
   documentation.   
      
   This is where I ran into my problem. I entered my first and last name (which   
   matches my global setup in mbsetup), and then my password (and retyped). Then   
   it asked me for a unix name, to which I put 'nboel' which also matches the   
   global registration settings in mbsetup. At this point it kicked me back to my   
   linux shell, and almost rendered me useless. I couldn't see what I was typing,   
   my shell prompt was in the middle of the screen, which led me to just type exit   
   a couple times, bindly, to get back to a login prompt. After logging out and   
   back in, it was fixed.   
      
   I took a look at /opt/mbse/log/debug.log and found this:   
      
   MBNEWUSER v0.95.13   
   TERM=linux 128x48   
   Newuser registration   
   Name entered: Nicholas Boel   
   NameGen(Nicholas Boel)   
   Execute: /opt/mbse/bin/mbuseradd 1001 nboel Nicholas Boel /opt/mbse/home   
   Execute: returned error 1   
   Failed to create unix account   
      
   Has anyone else run into this issue?   
      
   Thanks and take care,   
   Nick   
   --- SBBSecho 2.12-Linux   
    * Origin: thePharcyde_ telnet://bbs.pharcyde.org (Wisconsin) (1:154/10)   

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