Subj : Re: Loading and telnet errors
To   : RickV
From : Gamgee
Date : Thu Jul 03 2025 18:49:50

-=> RickV wrote to All <=-

 Ri> I'm getting these loading and telnet errors when trying to run SBBS
 Ri> under ubuntu. Any ideas what I have wrong?

 Ri> eading /sbbs/ctrl/sbbs.ini
 Ri> Loading configuration files from /sbbs/ctrl
 Ri> !ERROR 13 (Permission denied) creating/opening sbbs.pid
 Ri> !Started as non-root user (id 1001): May fail to bind TCP/UDP ports
 Ri> below 1024 7/3 11:02:35 term Synchronet Terminal Server Version 3.21a
 Ri> 7/3 11:02:35 term Compiled master/4518ad3ff Jun 25 2025 17:43 with GCC
 Ri> 13.3.0 7/3 11:02:35 term Initializing on Thu Jul  3 11:02:35 2025 with
 Ri> options: 2 7/3 11:02:35 term Loading configuration files from
 Ri> /sbbs/ctrl 7/3 11:02:35 term Verifying/creating data directories
 Ri> 7/3 11:02:35 term Verifying/creating node directories
 Ri> 7/3 11:02:35 term Telnet Server listening on socket 0.0.0.0 port 2023
 Ri> 7/3 11:03:33 term Terminal Server !ERROR 13 (Permission denied) in
 Ri> main.cpp line 3629 (init) opening "nodefile" access=0

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