Subj : Re: How Linux and Windows installs differ
To   : Zip
From : McDoob
Date : Wed Dec 15 2021 05:17 pm

 Zi> I do change event configs from within the BBS, however MIS needs to be
 Zi> restarted for any event changes to take effect.
 Zi> 

Ah, maybe that was the issue. It just seemed like it was refusing to accept
the changes.

 Zi> Of course, editing events requires the data/events.dat file to be
 Zi> writable by the Linux user that the BBS is running as. The latter
 Zi> probably has a (Linux) username completely different from that of your
 Zi> BBS user account inside Mystic.
 Zi> 

I feel pretty confident that my linux users and permissions are set properly.
I can manually edit any of the files I've tried, and ./mystic -cfg works
perfectly. It was when I was trying to make changes from within PiBBS that
things broke down.

I just found it...odd...

Cheers!

McDoob
SysOp, PiBBS
pibbs.sytes.net

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