Subj : Building Synchronet with SSH (libcl.a)
To   : Jordanjm42
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Sep 12 2025 19:46:43

  Re: Building Synchronet with SSH (libcl.a)
  By: Jordanjm42 to Digital Man on Fri Sep 12 2025 05:33 pm

 > Here is the output from when sbbs starts:

You didn't need to paste all the console prompts.

Notice these errors:

 > 9/13 00:11:09 term 0005 !ERROR 98 binding RLogin Server socket to port 513:
 > Address already in use

???

The terminal server is trying to bind to the RLogin TCP port you have
configured, but something else is already listening there (might be another instance of sbbs or just tcp ports stuck in a WAIT state (netstat would tell you).
https://wiki.synchro.net/faq:tcpip#bind

The terminal server is not going to attempt to bind the SSH port until the RLogin bind retries are exhausted. So... either disable the RLogin server or enable the REUSEADDR socket option, as instructed in that FAQ, so it'll continue on to bind the SSH port more quickly during initialization. Just waiting for the bind retry attempts would eventually show you the SSH port bind (or failure) in the console or log output. You just need patience or to address the errors you're seeing.

Also, if you run Synchronet as a daemon (e.g. systemd service) instead of interactively via sbbs, you'll have better control over the services and logging support (e.g. using journalctl or syslog).
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