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- This is Pirate BBS v1.9 sources + binaries (compiled with GCC 2.2.2d7/jump
- 4.1) for Linux 0.98pl1 with TCP/IP enabled.
-
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- *** YOU MUST HAVE A TCP/IP KERNEL RUNNING TO USE THIS BBS PACKAGE ***
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-
- It'd probably be a good idea to install the TCP/IP system in general (stuff
- in /usr/etc/inet) since files like /etc/hosts are needed for the BBS to
- operate correctly.
-
- Also, the install script is designed for SunOS... I hand installed the
- BBS myself - it's not that hard. People's systems vary so much as to
- what's where, etc., that it didn't seem worthwhile to write up a generic
- install script.
-
- Pirate BBS was originally written for the Mars Hotel Internet BBS, which
- ran on mars.ee.msstate.edu up until a year or so ago, when hardware problems
- forced a shutdown of the student-supported system. Mars just came back up
- on another computer there around 10/7/92 at IP address 130.18.64.37,
- jupiter.ee.msstate.edu.
-
-
- "Extra" files:
-
- listing: Listing of /usr/bbs on my system. Mainly to show
- what goes where. All those timezone files and some of the binaries
- aren't necessary. csh = tcsh. sh = bash.
-
- bbs.sh: lives in /usr/local/bin/bbs. Allows starting of the bbs
- from a shell prompt, not just from login. Lets one enter the BBS,
- use it for a while, then exit back to a shell. NOTE: /usr/bbs and
- /usr/bbs/bin must have execute permissions set to use this script.
-
- passwd: relevant entries in my /etc/passwd file.
- group: " " " " /etc/group file.
- bbs.passwd: /usr/bbs/passwd
- bbs.group: /usr/bbs/group
-
- NOTE: the group/user entries in the above four files aren't
- necessarily what you want. Just examples...
-
- libinet.a: in case you don't have it and want to recompile.
- Goes in /usr/lib.
-
- If dir_structure (/usr/bbs) looks like a miniature root filesystem, that's
- because it is. bbsrf does a chroot() call to make its home filesystem
- /usr/bbs when you enter the BBS. Nice security feature.
-
- There are no manual pages or other docs included other than those in the
- archive. It's pretty user-friendly and easy to administer once running.
-
- The irc, more and protocols dirs (IRC sources, more sources, and rz/sz
- sources) are omitted since most folks already have more, rz/sz/kermit/more.
- I've not started a port of an IRC server, not being on a network yet.
-
- As of this release, I've rooted out all flakey behavior that's appeared
- so it's pretty stable IMO. PBBS can support a LOT of simultaneous users,
- (default max. is 36) and was made to run on a network such as internet,
- but also makes a decent dialup BBS.
-
- This software has NOT been tested on a network, with multiple incoming
- connections, so there may still be some things broken I'm not aware of.
-
- 10/20/92
- David Black
- dlbb0@amdahl.com
-
- P.S.: If you're curious about the software, give Mars Hotel, or my own
- BBS, Hip-Hop (408-773-0768) a call!
-