Subj : New Ubuntu & Synchronet setup
To   : RickV
From : Digital Man
Date : Tue Jul 01 2025 23:40:21

  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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