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     Re: Totally Confused...   
     By: Martin Kazmaier to Digital Man on Sun Dec 21 2025 12:45 am   
      
    >  DM> > supposed to.  In my case, it's the new user procedure that needs to   
    >  DM> > be disabled.  Every time I connect, it's as a new user and the real   
    >  DM> > name   
    >  DM> isn't   
    >  DM> > accepted as the same as the handle (sbbs simply reports that it's   
    >  DM> either a   
    >  DM> > dupe or invalid) as I think it's only 1 word.   
    >   
    >  DM> And I told you how to disable that real name prompt.   
    >   
    > Ok, I just went through every message from you to me and didn't see that.   
    > Could you please tell me again?   
      
   Here are those instructions again, verbatim:   
      
   You can eliminate that prompt entirely by creating the file ctrl/text.ini and   
   adding the following line:   
   EnterYourRealName = ""   
      
    >  DM> If you connect a second time with the same name, that wouldn't be   
    >  DM> another new user either, so "every time" sounds incorrect as well.   
    >   
    > It is forcing me to create a new user each time I connect because the real   
    > name is invalid or duplicate.  It doesn't say which.  I have multiple users   
    > with the same handle and different real names...  That on it's own is   
    > confusing.   
      
   That doesn't make sense - if the rlogin-supplied user name already exists in   
   your BBS's userbase, the user will not go through another new user   
   registration again. It sounds like you're specifying a different username for   
   each new rlogin connection. Your BBS's terminal server log output would   
   clarify what's happening. i.e. compare the server log output between 2   
   successive connections. If the first connection completes the new user   
   registration process, then a second connection (with the same username) should   
   not start a new user registration again.   
      
    >  DM> Cool. I've never heard of it. Looks like it's running Synchronet:   
    >  DM> a-net-online.lol -- digital man (rob)   
      
    > Yep, he's got it working so I can use that until I can manage this.  I would   
    > love to work with you on this and will try to calm down my idiosynchracies   
    > (sorry I couldn't remember how to spell that) so that I'm easier to deal   
    > with.  He spent about 2 years to get his to the state that it's at.  Rob   
    > McGee (x-bit) also has a game server.  His just asks for username and   
    > location as well as mouse reporting and ansi on new user connection.  I was   
    > hoping to get to that state.  Exodus also has one set up so that people can   
    > access sbbs games from his Renegade. If that many people can use it, it   
    > shouldn't be as difficult as I've experienced. Perhaps they all used a newer   
    > version.   
      
   The "newer version" (actually *versions*) of logon.js just add some more   
   options that some sysops requested and can enable, as documented, but aren't   
   required for baisc game server functionality. The basic rlogin-game-server   
   functionality has been in Synchronet's logon.js for a long time now and isn't   
   that complex to setup.   
      
    > I just went to the synchronet website, which seemed the logical   
    > place to get the latest version.  I did read the game server wiki (thanks to   
    > Stringray for pointing me to that) and follow it's instructions before I had   
    > my melt-down.   
      
   The rlogin/game-server support in Synchronet is controlled via the   
   exec/logon.js script. You can see the edit history of this script (and   
   download the latest version of it) here:   
   https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commits/master/exec/logon.js   
      
   Or... you could upgrade to the latest development build of Synchronet (which   
   includes an updated logon.js) by following the instructions here:   
   https://wiki.synchro.net/install:dev   
   That's also the *second* link on the "download" "Synchronet for Windows"   
   option at "the synchronet website" (www.synchro.net).   
   --    
                                               digital man (rob)   
      
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