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|    Message 31,190 of 33,243    |
|    Digital Man to Mikek    |
|    libsbbs.so shared libraries not found er    |
|    17 Jan 25 17:50:10    |
      TZUTC: -0800       MSGID: 57223.sync_sys@1:103/705 2bf11e59       REPLY: 57219.sync_sys@1:103/705 2bf0bb64       PID: Synchronet 3.20c-Linux master/c8a409788 Jan 15 2025 GCC 12.2.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.23-Linux master/0f21cba92 Jan 17 2025 GCC 12.2.0       COLS: 80       BBSID: VERT       CHRS: CP437 2       NOTE: FSEditor.js v1.105        Re: libsbbs.so shared libraries not found error after new install        By: Mikek to Digital Man on Fri Jan 17 2025 10:48 am               > Re: libsbbs.so shared libraries not found error after new install        > By: Digital Man to Mikek on Fri Jan 17 2025 09:26 am        >        > Thanks a lot for all the help.        >        > I ended up starting from a clean install, copying over the old sbbs.ini,        > data directory and msg file from the recovered install and running        > upgrade/update before starting Synchronet for the first time. That got me a        > lot further and the BBS now starts and I can login with my old non SysOp        > User and create new users.        >        > One thing is not working, I cannot login with my old SysOp user and Password        > and SCFG sees the install as a new install and is not picking up the fact        > that this is a configured installation at this point.        > Which file am I missing from the old install?              main.cnf. You should've copied everything in the ctrl directory from your old       install, not just the sbbs.ini and "msg file".       --         digital man (rob)              This Is Spinal Tap quote #5:       Nigel Tufnel: Authorities said... best leave it... unsolved.       Norco, CA WX: 53.3øF, 69.0% humidity, 4 mph W wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs       --- SBBSecho 3.23-Linux        * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)       SEEN-BY: 103/13 705 105/81 106/201 124/5016 128/187 153/757 7715 154/10       SEEN-BY: 154/30 110 203/0 218/700 221/0 226/30 227/114 229/110 114       SEEN-BY: 229/206 317 400 426 428 470 550 700 705 240/1120 5832 266/512       SEEN-BY: 280/464 5003 5006 291/111 292/8125 301/1 320/219 322/757       SEEN-BY: 341/66 234 342/200 396/45 423/120 460/58 256 1124 467/888       SEEN-BY: 633/280 712/848 770/1 902/26 5020/400 8912 5054/30 5075/35       PATH: 103/705 280/464 460/58 229/426           |
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