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  • New Ubuntu & Synchronet setup

    From RickV@VERT to All on Tue Jul 1 21:08:41 2025
    Hello All.

    I installed Ubuntu 24.04 in a virtualBox, got it up and running and updated. I followed the wiki for installing SBBS in Linux, went well after MY errors. I have been able to set SBBS up and have tried to run the BBS, but I get this error,

    bbs@ubuntu-VirtualBox:/home/ubuntu$ /sbbs/exec/sbbs

    Synchronet Console for Linux-x64 Version 3.21a Copyright 2025 Rob Swindell !SBBSCTRL environment variable not set, using default value: /sbbs/ctrl
    Reading /sbbs/ctrl/sbbs.ini
    Loading configuration files from /sbbs/ctrl
    !ERROR 13 (Permission denied) creating/opening sbbs.pid
    !Started as non-root user (id 1001): May fail to bind TCP/UDP ports below 1024 7/1 21:05:31 term Synchronet Terminal Server Version 3.21a
    7/1 21:05:31 term Compiled master/4518ad3ff Jun 25 2025 17:43 with GCC 13.3.0 7/1 21:05:31 term Initializing on Tue Jul 1 21:05:31 2025 with options: 2
    7/1 21:05:31 term Loading configuration files from /sbbs/ctrl
    7/1 21:05:31 term Verifying/creating data directories
    7/1 21:05:31 term Verifying/creating node directories
    7/1 21:05:31 term Telnet Server listening on socket 0.0.0.0 port 23
    7/1 21:05:31 term Telnet Server listening on socket :: port 23
    7/1 21:06:00 term !Telnet Server ERROR -9 calling getaddrinfo() on ::
    [Threads: 3 Sockets: 1 Clients: 0 Served: 0 Errors: 1] (?=Help): q

    I have given my "sbbs" user full root permissions. I can't figure out why the telnet gets this error. Anyone have an idea? I did set the environment variable.

    P.S. I am a NEWBE when using Linux.

    Thanks,
    RickV

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to RickV on Tue Jul 1 23:05:41 2025
    Re: New Ubuntu & Synchronet setup
    By: RickV to All on Tue Jul 01 2025 09:08 pm

    Hello All.

    I installed Ubuntu 24.04 in a virtualBox, got it up and running and updated. I followed the wiki for installing SBBS in Linux, went well after MY errors. I have been able to set SBBS up and have tried to run the BBS, but I get this error,

    bbs@ubuntu-VirtualBox:/home/ubuntu$ /sbbs/exec/sbbs

    Synchronet Console for Linux-x64 Version 3.21a Copyright 2025 Rob Swindell !SBBSCTRL environment variable not set, using default value: /sbbs/ctrl Reading /sbbs/ctrl/sbbs.ini
    Loading configuration files from /sbbs/ctrl
    !ERROR 13 (Permission denied) creating/opening sbbs.pid
    !Started as non-root user (id 1001): May fail to bind TCP/UDP ports below 1024 7/1 21:05:31 term Synchronet Terminal Server Version 3.21a
    7/1 21:05:31 term Compiled master/4518ad3ff Jun 25 2025 17:43 with GCC 13.3.0 7/1 21:05:31 term Initializing on Tue Jul 1 21:05:31 2025 with options: 2 7/1 21:05:31 term Loading configuration files from /sbbs/ctrl 7/1 21:05:31 term Verifying/creating data directories
    7/1 21:05:31 term Verifying/creating node directories
    7/1 21:05:31 term Telnet Server listening on socket 0.0.0.0 port 23
    7/1 21:05:31 term Telnet Server listening on socket :: port 23
    7/1 21:06:00 term !Telnet Server ERROR -9 calling getaddrinfo() on :: [Threads: 3 Sockets: 1 Clients: 0 Served: 0 Errors: 1] (?=Help): q

    I have given my "sbbs" user full root permissions. I can't figure out why the telnet gets this error. Anyone have an idea? I did set the environment variable.

    did you set it using export?
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  • From Digital Man@VERT to RickV on Tue Jul 1 23:40:21 2025
    Re: New Ubuntu & Synchronet setup
    By: RickV to All on Tue Jul 01 2025 09:08 pm

    7/1 21:06:00 term !Telnet Server ERROR -9 calling getaddrinfo() on ::

    Here's what that -9 error means:
    /usr/include/netdb.h:# define EAI_ADDRFAMILY -9 /* Address family for NAME not supported. */

    I have given my "sbbs" user full root permissions. I can't figure out why the telnet gets this error. Anyone have an idea? I did set the environment variable.

    "::" is an IPv6 address for localhost. Do you have IPv6 enabled for your network stack? If not, then set the *interface keys in your ctrl/sbbs.ini file to "0.0.0.0" (for "all" IPv4 network interfaces), that way sbbs won't try to bind to the IPv6 notation for "all interfaces".
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