Subj : New Ubuntu & Synchronet setup
To   : All
From : RickV
Date : Tue Jul 01 2025 21:08:41

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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